Bolitho sent to island off coast of France, then to aid English attack on Touloun. Miss Seton chooses Bolitho.

Gibraltar, junio de 1793. El creciente empuje de la Revolución Francesa amenaza con sumir a Europa en otra guerra sangrienta. Bolitho es enviado a aguas del Mediterráneo, donde deberá apoyar a la flota española que lucha en el sur de Francia.

The second Bolitho novel (in publication order) offers plenty of adventures in 1793 despite Bolitho being sent to tasks that shouldn't really involve that much fighting. ( )

JUNE 1793, GIBRALTAR

The gathering might of revolutionary France prepares to engulf Europe in another bloody war. As in the past, Britain will stand or fall by the fighting power of her fleet.

For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities means a fresh command and the chance of action after long months of inactivity. However, his mission to support Lord Hood in the monarchist-inspired occupation of Toulon has gone awry. Bolitho and the crew of the Hyperion are trapped by the French near a dry Mediterranean island. The great ship-of-the-line's battered hull begins to groan as her sails snap in the hot wind.