THIS WONDERFUL YEAR

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"Introducing Mr. Edward Pamprill, profligate son of a dissolute English baron. When his own father secretly arranges his kidnapping and impressment into a British man-of-war to fight Napoleon, Mr. Pamprill is forced to leave behind fashionable London society and experience the lot of the common sailor. Young Mr. Pamprill receives his education at sea as he trades Mayfair's drawing rooms for desperate encounters against the Spanish, raging storms, a secret mission to Naples, and a host of other adventures quite outside the realm of his previous experience. With hand on sword hilt and tongue firmly in cheek, the plucky hero navigates these treacherous waterrs with his customary aplomb. The culture, philosophy, and political climate of the period are recounted in vivid detail. Mr. Pamprill battles not only tyrants and French sailors, but his own impulses as well. He struggles to keep alive the passion for the mystery woman he left behind in England while his heart is beseiged by some of the era's most beautiful and dangerous women. The year 1805 witnessed the meteoric rise of Napoleon Bonaparte and the death of Europe's old order. Experience the events through one of history's more unlikely yet engaging characters"--Page 4 of cover