Nathan Peake: Book 8
Publication Date: November 15, 2022
“All I need is three days of fog,” Napoleon told his admirals, and they would have his greatest enemy at their mercy and the world at his feet. It is 1803, and Britain and France are on the eve of war. Captain Nathan Peake, still in command of the sloop Falaise, is recruited to coordinate a secret operation to land agents and weapons on the coast of Brittany and Normandy to raise the flag of rebellion. Instead, he discovers that the real plan is to kidnap or assassinate Napoleon on the road to his country home of Malmaison on the outskirts of Paris. As Peake navigates the conspiracy and its aftermath, he finds his paths crossing with those of the legendary Sir Sidney Smith, American inventor Robert Fulton, and the Empress Josephine. But as the fog of war thickens, the risk of a chance encounter with someone who knows Peake’s true identity also grows. And all the while Napoleon is strategizing to divide his enemy and concentrate his forces on the weakest link. It has worked for the general many times on land—but will it now work at sea? This is the story of the murders and intrigues, the myths and mysteries—and crucially the naval encounters—that preceded the most famous battle in nautical history. This is Nathan Peake’s Trafalgar, the true story of the events leading up to the campaign.
If historical naval adventures is a genre you enjoy, then author Seth Hunter has an action-packed series for your next reading journey.
Trafalgar is the eighth installment of The Nathan Peake Novels series. With the subtitle of The Fog of War, the author clearly sets the tone of the story set against the backdrop of rising hostilities between Britain and France.
Captain Nathan Peake finds himself caught up in a plot to kidnap or even assassinate Napoleon. The events in the story occur in the timeframe leading up to the most famous battle in nautical history.
While Peake is a fictional character, the main facts of the conspiracy relating to Napoleon’s grand plan for destroying the British fleet are depicted. Rich with historical detail, the story brings the time period to life.
Trafalgar takes Nathan Peake on an adventure full of intrigue as he navigates the challenges brought forth in the early years of the 19th century.
Seth Hunter is the pseudonym of London-based Paul Bryers, the author of the highly acclaimed Nathan Peake Novels, a series of naval adventures set against the canvas of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Bryers won an English arts council award for Best First Novel for his political thriller Hollow Target, and his next thriller, In A Pig’s Ear, was named as one of the Guardian’s best six novels of the year. He has written and directed many historical dramas for British television, radio, and the theatre.
