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Halfhyde for the Queen

Halfhyde for the Queen

Halfhyde for the Queen

Philip McCutchan

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Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
Año de edición:
2005
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Ficción histórica
ISBN:
9781590130698
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In Andalusia, Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is sent by the unpredictable Captain Watkiss on a secret mission ashore: to aid the Queen's Messenger, who is being pursued by nefarious Spanish agents. But when Halfhyde discovers a plot to kill Queen Victoria herself, the stakes are raised. Now he and the rest of his flotilla must face down the Spanish Navy and get the Messenger back to Britain with vital information.

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