Reviewed in Traditional Boats and Tall Ships, September 2008. Napoleon’s Gambit: Sailing through history to commit the prefect crime by Eric Goldman Back to the Future meets Hornblower in this entertainingly engaging debut novel from Canadian sailor Eric Goldman. It’s 2009 and Joshua Rick, an accomplished sailor is recruited by the Royal Navy to carry [...]
A modern sailor is recruited by the Royal Navy and finds himself on the deck of HMS Impérieuse in 1813, as she sails into battle against overwhelming odds. At stake are $5 billion in gold and the fate of the modern world.