Hazard's Command (Paperback)

V.A. Stuart

ISBN 10: 1590130812 / ISBN 13: 9781590130810

Published by Globe Pequot Press, Ithaca, 2004

About this Item

Paperback. The Crimean War is at its peak as the winter of 1854 sets in, and Commander Phillip Hazard of the 31-gun, steam-screw frigate Trojan is sent to bring troop reinforcements from Constantinople to Eupatoria. On the way, he must handle an overbearing young nobleman with a taste for blood and the pitiless power of a raging storm. As the Crimean War wages all around them, the crew of the steam frigate Trojan attempts to rescue a stranded French ship packed with much-needed medical supplies and personnel, but a hurricane and angry Cossack fighters will intervene to make matters difficult. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hazard's Command (Paperback)
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, Ithaca
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590130812
• ISBN 13: 9781590130810
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The Crimean War is at its peak as the winter of 1854 sets in, and Commander Phillip Hazard of the 31-gun, steam-screw frigate Trojan is sent to bring troop reinforcements from Constantinople to Eupatoria. On the way, he must handle an overbearing young nobleman with a taste for blood and the pitiless power of a raging storm.

About the Author

V. A. Stuart wrote several military fiction series and numerous other novels under various pseudonyms. Her settings span history and the globe, from the Napoleonic Wars of Europe to India under the British Raj. Born in 1914, she was in Burma with the British Fourteenth Army, became a lieutenant, and was decorated with the Burma Star and the Pacific Star.