Ramage and the Saracens Author:Dudley Pope When Captain Ramage is ordered to Naples, neither he nor the crew of the frigate Calypso expect 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 in Naples Ramage expects to be given the tedious tas... more »k 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.« less
ISBN-13: 9780006498568 ISBN-10: 0006498566 Pages:272 Edition:New Ed Rating: