“Entertaining from beginning to end… For fans of O’Brian and Forester, it is a welcome addition to the lore of navies whose sailors braved storms and shrapnel in a war for America’s destiny.” —
Wall Street Journal
On June 19, 1864, just off the coast of France, one of the most dramatic naval battles in history took place. On a clear day with windswept skies, the dreaded Confederate raider
Alabama
faced the Union warship
Kearsarge
in an all-or-nothing fight to the finish, the outcome of which would effectively end the threat of the Confederacy on the high seas.
Award-winning and bestselling historians Phil Keith and Tom Clavin introduce some of the crucial but historically overlooked players in the deciding clash
.
Readers will sail aboard the
as Winslow embarks for Europe with a set of simple orders from the secretary of the navy: "Travel to the uttermost ends of the earth, if necessary, to find and destroy the
."
“An accomplished history of an iconic battle.” —
Kirkus Reviews
“Naval history buffs will be enthralled.” —
Publishers Weekly