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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcbooks Press, Incorporated
ISBN-101590130782
ISBN-139781590130780
eBay Product ID (ePID)30224121
Product Key Features
Book TitleHalfhyde at the Bight of Benin
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicWar & Military, Historical
GenreFiction
AuthorPhilip Mccutchan
Book SeriesThe Halfhyde Adventures Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height5.5 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width0.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Much derringdo . . . McCutchan is to be congratulated. . . . He is writing about a stirring period that has been sadly neglected." - Houston Post, "Much derringdo . . . McCutchan is to be congratulated. . . . He is writing about a stirring period that has been sadly neglected." -- Houston Post
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisWhen the Russians establish a naval presence in the Bight of Benin off West Africa, the Admiralty is worried. Will the Russians threaten British interest? Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is sent to investigate. Outpsoken and independent, Halfhyde is soon captured by the Russians., It's the 1890s and Royal Navy Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde finds himself out of favor with the Navy and on half-pay ashore when he is summoned to the Admiralty. His mission: to sail to the Bight of Benin in West Africa and spy on the not-so-secret Russian presence there. As a Russian speaker who is familiar with Benin, Halfhyde is confident he's the man for the job--until he runs into Admiral Prince Gorsinski, cousin of the Czar and Halfhyde's former jailer., When the Russians establish a naval presence in the Bight of Benin off West Africa, the Admiralty is worried. Will the Russians threaten British interest? Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is sent to investigate. Outspoken and independent, Halfhyde is soon captured by the Russians.