Description Summer, 1803: the uneasy peace with France is over, and Britain has once more been plunged into the turmoil of war.
Number seven in the Fighting Sail series..
The ship is fresh from a major re-fit, but Banks has spent the last year with his wife and young family: will he prove himself worthy of such a powerful vessel, and can he rely on his officers to support him? With excitement both aboard ship and ashore, gripping sea battles, a daring rescue and intense personal intrigue, The Scent of Corruption is a non-stop nautical thriller in the best traditions of the genre.
After a spell on the beach, Sir Richard Banks is appointed to HMS Prometheus, a seventy-four gun line-of-battleship which an eager Admiralty loses no time in ordering to sea.
Description Summer, 1803: the uneasy peace with France is over, and Britain has once more been plunged into the turmoil of war
