Chains of Albion
Chains of Albion by Edwin Thomas is a historical fiction novel published by Bantam in 2004, featuring 302 pages in English. Set in July 1806, the story follows Martin Jerrold, who commands a prison-hulk in the Medway, tasked with guarding French captives. Initially enjoying a relatively peaceful existence away from the chaos of naval life, Jerrold’s world is disrupted when a prisoner, Monsieur Dumont, goes missing. This incident leads him to London, where he receives orders from the First Lord of the Admiralty to recapture Dumont, setting off a chain of events that will take him across England.
As Jerrold embarks on his pursuit, readers will find themselves immersed in a narrative filled with action and adventure. The journey spans various locations, from the slums of London to the marshes of Chatham and the fashionable seaside of Brighton. Along the way, Jerrold encounters a web of deceit and treachery that has been brewing for over two decades, involving influential figures from both the Whig government and the Tory opposition. The unfolding drama reveals the lengths to which some will go to protect their secrets, making for a complex and engaging tale of intrigue and conflict.
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July, 1806. Commanding a prison-hulk in the Medway guarding French captives, Martin Jerrold thinks his war can’t get much better. He’s far away from storm, battle and the other disagreeable elements of naval life; he can keep his mistress, Isobel, close at hand; in fact, his most arduous duty is reining in the zealous Francophobia of his deputy. It seems too good to last, and so it proves. When one of the prisoners, Monsieur Dumont, goes missing, Jerrold’s comfortable world is turned upside-down. Summoned to London, he is ordered by the First Lord of the Admiralty to recapture the Frenchman at any cost. Jerrold does not know it, but his pursuit will take him clear across England: from the slums of London to the stinking marshes of Chatham; from the wilds of Dartmoor to the newly fashionable seaside resort of Brighton. friend, Mr Nevell, is curious; so too are politicians from the highest levels of the Whig government; as is the Tory opposition led by the cunning Spencer Percival. Even the seductive Princess Caroline takes an unexpected interest. As Jerrold – with his usual mix of bad timing, bad luck and bad behaviour – closes on his quarry, he begins to uncover an extraordinary tangle of deceit and treachery stretching back over twenty years, which reaches to the most exalted levels of society on both sides of the Channel. And which some men will stop at nothing to protect.
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