'A thundering 18th century seagoing series' – Evening Telegraph
These are dramatic times in England’s sea-faring history.
The English and the French are battling it out for control of Canada in the frozen waters off the coast of Newfoundland.
The year is 1708 and Matthew Loftus has come a long way from his humble beginnings as an orphan in Whitby.
Now a successful fur trader sailing the Newfoundland coast, he wants to put his skirmishes with privateers and pirates behind him.
That is until the English Navy sails into the colony of Esperantia and puts it under their protection.
Forced by the Navy to embark on a rescue mission to Hudson’s Bay, Matthew discovers that the true agenda is to foil the French.
In the ensuing clash of wills, Matthew just escapes with his life, but not his ship.
He must navigate his own way back through the hostile waters of the Canadian coast and prevent the colony from falling into the wrong hands.
But can he also prevent the woman he loves from marrying his rival?
One thing’s for certain, Matthew will fight To The Bitter End…
Matthew Loftus travels from Newfoundland to Hudson’s Bay in the third swashbuckling nautical adventure, following on from Matthew’s Prize and Devil of A Fix.
‘A broadside of high adventure, desperate conflict and political chicanery that reaches peaks as high as any Atlantic wave’ – Northern Echo
‘A superb story…will find favour with all those who revel in a Hornblower-type sea saga’ — Evening News
‘A fine read…with twists, turns and action galore, Mr Palliser spins a fine, salty tale. A devil of a yarn, in fact’ — West Briton
Marcus Palliser left his job as Director of Communications at a big computer corporation to live on a small yacht and sail the Mediterranean. He crossed the Atlantic single-handed before returning to Britain to write a series of elegant and well-received historical seafaring novels. The three books in the series, Matthew's Prize, A Devil of a Fix and To the Bitter End, explore life in the Caribbean at a time when it was filled with pirates and warring imperial powers, and have a fresh and invigorating perspective backed up by painstaking historical research.
These are dramatic times in England’s sea-faring history.
The English and the French are battling it out for control of Canada in the frozen waters off the coast of Newfoundland.
The year is 1708 and Matthew Loftus has come a long way from his humble beginnings as an orphan in Whitby.
Now a successful fur trader sailing the Newfoundland coast, he wants to put his skirmishes with privateers and pirates behind him.
That is until the English Navy sails into the colony of Esperantia and puts it under their protection.
Forced by the Navy to embark on a rescue mission to Hudson’s Bay, Matthew discovers that the true agenda is to foil the French.
In the ensuing clash of wills, Matthew just escapes with his life, but not his ship.
He must navigate his own way back through the hostile waters of the Canadian coast and prevent the colony from falling into the wrong hands.
But can he also prevent the woman he loves from marrying his rival?
One thing’s for certain, Matthew will fight To The Bitter End…
Matthew Loftus travels from Newfoundland to Hudson’s Bay in the third swashbuckling nautical adventure, following on from Matthew’s Prize and Devil of A Fix.
Praise for Marcus Palliser
‘A broadside of high adventure, desperate conflict and political chicanery that reaches peaks as high as any Atlantic wave’ – Northern Echo
‘A superb story…will find favour with all those who revel in a Hornblower-type sea saga’ — Evening News
‘A fine read…with twists, turns and action galore, Mr Palliser spins a fine, salty tale. A devil of a yarn, in fact’ — West Briton
Marcus Palliser left his job as Director of Communications at a big computer corporation to live on a small yacht and sail the Mediterranean. He crossed the Atlantic single-handed before returning to Britain to write a series of elegant and well-received historical seafaring novels. The three books in the series, Matthew's Prize, A Devil of a Fix and To the Bitter End, explore life in the Caribbean at a time when it was filled with pirates and warring imperial powers, and have a fresh and invigorating perspective backed up by painstaking historical research.
