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A Ship for the King

By: Richard Woodman
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
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Summary

Bristol, 1618. Kit Faulkner is a young vagrant orphan, taking life as he finds it in the rough world of the docks. But after an encounter with two gentlemen, his fortunes are changed forever. Kit is taken aboard the Swallow, a large merchant ship partly owned by the two men, Captain Henry Mainwaring and Captain Gideon Strange, and they decide to train the boy for a life on the sea. And so begins the adventures of Kit Faulkner, which see him rise through the ranks and risk all in encounters with pirates and a French man-of-war. Meanwhile, England edges ever closer to civil war, and very soon Kit must choose which side he will fight for…
©2011 Richard Woodman (P)2012 Soundings
Historical Fiction Fiction Transportation War France Royalty King
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love historical naval fiction? feast your ears

Loved it, well writen, classy and enlighteing! 16th century, warts and all tale of sailing in those days. Just what it says on the tin.

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Abysmal story poorly read

Flat characters, weak bitty story. Bought into Audible edition, which is worse. Disappointment all round.

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