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Set primarily in the Mediterranean Sea during the First Barbary War (1801–1805), \u003ci\u003eA Call To Arms\u003c\/i\u003e offers the reader intriguing and often startling insights into a young republic's struggle to promote its principles of liberty, equality, and free trade in a world ravaged by the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and ruthless piracy in both the Mediterranean and Far Eastern waters. The US Navy answers the call of an aroused nation, and the fate of the young republic turns on the actions of a few heroic officers, sailors, and Marines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301131923829,"sku":"9781493058136","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781493058136_93aa0f09-81f8-4e22-91b2-06bb0896b0e3.jpg?v=1786021879"},{"product_id":"9781493087341","title":"A Return to Duty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Return to Duty,\u003c\/i\u003e the eighth volume in the award-winning Cutler Family Chronicles series, is set in Massachusetts and the Far East in the early 1850s during the aftermath of the First Opium War fought between China and Great Britain. The subsequent flood of opium into North America and Europe, from Turkey and the eastern provinces of India through China, threatens the very fabric of America. As a premier carrier of goods along Far Eastern trade routes, Cutler \u0026amp; Sons, in league with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy, plays a key role in the struggle to eliminate the scourge of narcotics. Family loyalties, core values, and passions are woven into a plot that takes the reader from Boston to Washington, and from Java to Hong Kong and the Gulf of Tonkin, in a savage conflict with cutthroats and brigands who defy their emperor to amass huge fortunes by ransoming sailors and smuggling opium. The fate of Cutler \u0026amp; Sons and the future of Western civilization hang in the balance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301361234293,"sku":"9781493087341","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781493087341_2e404867-d31c-442f-99ac-923c3a33893e.jpg?v=1786022016"},{"product_id":"9781493058099","title":"For Love of Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredited with vividly recreating an early chapter in American history with his first novel, \u003ci\u003eA Matter of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e, William C. Hammond continues the seafaring adventures of the prominent Cutler family of Massachusetts. Set in the years following the American Revolution, this second novel offers an exciting look at the young republic at a time when America remained a weak nation with no navy to protect its prosperous merchant fleet from Barbary pirates or nations intent on crippling its shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel opens with the capture of the Cutler merchant brig \u003ci\u003eEagle\u003c\/i\u003e by Barbary pirates. Young Caleb Cutler and his shipmates are taken as prisoners to Algiers, and his brother Richard, the novel's main protagonist, is sent to North Africa to pay ransoms demanded by the Dey of Algiers. But Richard learns of the Dey's intent to reject the ransom, as well as threats from the British and French, and fights a fierce battle in the Mediterranean with two Arab xebecs. Victorious at sea, Richard travels to Paris to report to John Paul Jones, his former naval commander who now serves as American emissary to the Barbary States, and finds himself involved in a desperate race to save the beautiful Anne-Marie Helvétian and her two daughters from the guillotine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author's careful historical research and thorough knowledge of sailing and the ways of the sea bring an authenticity to the novel without detracting from the entertaining storyline. Hammond's focus on the American perspective of the Age of Fighting Sail in the years following the American Revolution adds a fresh dimension to historical novels of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301945291125,"sku":"9781493058099","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781493058099_a982d81c-557c-4d7a-910c-64fb1b97a1d3.jpg?v=1786021878"},{"product_id":"9781493058150","title":"The Power and the Glory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Power and the Glory\u003c\/i\u003e is the third novel in the historical, nautical fiction series from William C. Hammond. It follows in the wake of \u003ci\u003eA Matter of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFor Love of Country\u003c\/i\u003e, and features the adventures of the seafaring Cutler family of Hingham, Massachusetts, and an ever expanding cast of characters. Set during the Quasi-War against the French Republic during the late 1790s, \u003ci\u003eThe Power and the Glory\u003c\/i\u003e offers the reader a stirring and authentic look at the birth of the modern United States Navy during the Age of Fighting Sail. Whether confronting French pirates off the coast of Nantucket or heavily armed French frigates in the Caribbean, Capt. Thomas Truxtun, Capt. Silas Talbot, Lt. Richard Cutler, and other early naval heroes—most real, some fictional—personify the best of American honor and courage. Beyond electrifying sea battles and the challenge to French colonial rule in Haiti and in the French West Indies, \u003ci\u003eThe Power and the Glory\u003c\/i\u003e provides intriguing glimpses into everyday life of the era, be they in the bedroom of the Cutler clapboard home in Hingham, on the island of Barbados where the Cutlers own a sugar cane plantation and run a far-reaching commercial enterprise, or aboard Adm. Sir Hyde Parker's flagship in Port Royal, Jamaica. And at the center of all the excitement, passion, and intrigue are two of the finest \"super frigates\" ever constructed: USS \u003ci\u003eConstellation\u003c\/i\u003e and her sister ship, USS \u003ci\u003eConstitution\u003c\/i\u003e. As with all books in the series, the author's careful research and attention to detail, coupled with his thorough knowledge of sailing and the ways of the sea, bring history alive in a refreshing and entertaining fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302012957045,"sku":"9781493058150","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781493058150_c63ed977-5117-4acb-bace-bf66bc51d352.jpg?v=1786021880"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-william-c-hammond.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}