Gretchen O. reviewed on 5/15/2011 + 140 more book reviews

When Captain Ramage is ordered to Naples, neither he nor the crew of the frigate Calypso exepct to meet hostile ships in the Mediterranean so soon after the battle of Trafalgar. Yet hardly have they cleared the Straits of Gibraltar than they sight two French battleships of the Line. Arriving eventually in Naples, Ramage reports to Admiral Rudd, expecting to be given the tedious task of escorting merchantmen. Nothing could be further from the truth. The mission he is given is one far better suited to his reputation: he is to sail to Sicily where the Barbary Coast pirates - the Saraceni - have been terrorizing the fishing ports.

This is Ramage's 17th recorded adventure.

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