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Halfhyde at the Bight of Benin (The Halfhyde Adventures, No. 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Philip Mccutchan
Publisher: McBooks Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 725319
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1590130782
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9781590130780
ASIN: 1590130782
Publication Date: April 1, 2004
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It s the 1890s. Royal Navy Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde finds himself out of favor with the navy and on half-pay ashore when he is summoned to the Admiralty. His mission: to sail to the Bight of Benin in West Africa and spy on the not-so-secret Russian presence there. As a Russian speaker who is familiar with Benin, Halfhyde is confident he can do the job until he runs into Admiral Prince Gorsinski, cousin of the Czar and Halfhyde s former jailer. Aided only by an eager midshipman and a company of Russian mutineers, Halfhyde must face the dangers of flogging, malaria, and the smothering embrace of a former lover to foil Gorsinski and seize the day for Britain.
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Royal Navy on Shore September 22, 2004
Dr. David A. Woods (South Carolina, USA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Although a good look at the Royal Navy in the latter part of the 19th Century, this book mainly is a covert operation on shore by a Royal Navy Lt. There is some back story to the character, but not much and you are left wondering how the protaganist got to where he is and faces the problems he does in the Navy. Also, this book has clear bloodlines in the early 20th century works of "boys adventure" stories that were written to show young males how to act in different situations, acceptably that is. The story does have some good points, but little in the way of historical relevance and information. Lots of information is missing to understand the motivations of each of the parties in the book. But, there is action involved and some of the naval information is good to know, especially the new times of steam ships in the Royal Navy. I hope the rest of the books in the series are better now that the intoductions, although short and incomplete, are out of the way.
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