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'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line' - Daily Express

Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Captain Kydd's daring commander-in-chief Commodore Popham. Rumours that South America's Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest and of a treasure hoard of silver spur him to assemble a makeshift invasion fleet and launch a bold attack on the capital of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate, Buenos Aires.

Navigating the treacherous bars and mud flats of the river, the British invasion force lands and wins a battle against improbable odds, taking the capital and the silver. But nothing is as simple as it seems in this region of the world: the uprising that will see the end of Spanish rule never arrives and the locals begin to see dark conspiracies behind the invader's actions. Soon the tiny British force finds itself surrounded by an ever more hostile population. The city begins to revolt against its liberators.

Now Kydd's men must face fierce resistance and the betrayal of their closest allies. Can they save themselves, and their prize?

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'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line' - Daily ExpressCape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for... Read more

    Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
    Publication Date: 04/07/2013
    ISBN13: 9781444712025, 978-1444712025
    ISBN10: 1444712020

    Number of Pages: 384

    Fiction , Historical Fiction

    Description

    'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line' - Daily Express

    Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Captain Kydd's daring commander-in-chief Commodore Popham. Rumours that South America's Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest and of a treasure hoard of silver spur him to assemble a makeshift invasion fleet and launch a bold attack on the capital of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate, Buenos Aires.

    Navigating the treacherous bars and mud flats of the river, the British invasion force lands and wins a battle against improbable odds, taking the capital and the silver. But nothing is as simple as it seems in this region of the world: the uprising that will see the end of Spanish rule never arrives and the locals begin to see dark conspiracies behind the invader's actions. Soon the tiny British force finds itself surrounded by an ever more hostile population. The city begins to revolt against its liberators.

    Now Kydd's men must face fierce resistance and the betrayal of their closest allies. Can they save themselves, and their prize?

    ****************

    What readers are saying about BETRAYAL

    'Another page-turner from a sailor who knows his craft' - 5 stars

    'An outstanding addition to an excellent series' - 5 stars

    'A great read and I would highly recommend it!' - 5 stars

    'A really good naval series written with good taste and fine detail' - 5 stars

    'A triumph' - 5 stars

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