Publisher's Synopsis
"One of our foremost writers of naval fiction" Sunday Times Commodore Bolitho leads his squadron to battle against the French fleet. As master of France, Napoleon now turns towards the East - and the vast wealth of India. But first he must secure the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt. Richard Bolitho has been made the Commodore of a newly formed squadron, in a British fleet stretched to the limit, facing one of the toughest commissions of his career: to ascertain the fighting strength of the French - then seek, find and bring them to battle!
