Peter Raven under fire

Description:

Peter Raven is the new midshipman on board HMS Torren, a Royal Navy ship battling with the French, led by General Napoleon Bonaparte. From the outset the thirteen-year old finds himself bound to Commodore Beaumont, an intrepid British spy. When unexpected events at sea plunge the pair into a dangerous intrigue on shore, they discover an extraordinary plot by France to create a new empire by taking control of the recently formed United States. Soon its a race against time to the pirate-filled waters of the Caribbean to save an entire nation, and a spirited American girl who has captured their hearts!

subjects: Midshipmen,  Great Britain,  Sea stories,  Louisiana Purchase,  History,  Seafaring life,  Great Britain. Royal Navy,  Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815,  Fiction,  Juvenile fiction,  Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) fast (OCoLC)fst01032683,  Adventure fiction,  Naval History,  Spy stories,  Naval history,  Children's fiction,  Napoleon i, emperor of the french, 1769-1821, fiction