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Treegate #7
The Last Battle
Manly and Peter Treegate find themselves aboard the same ship off the West Indies as captain and midshipman respectively during the War of 1812.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
197 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1976
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Leonard Wibberley
155 books41 followersAlso wrote under his full name Leonard Patrick O'Connor Wibberley and under
Patrick O'Connor as well as pseudonyms Christopher Webb and Leonard Holton
Patrick O'Connor as well as pseudonyms Christopher Webb and Leonard Holton
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August 10, 2022
Good account of the Battle of New Orleans toward the end, but quite a bit of naval meandering in the earlier parts. The European portions involving Peter Treegate, Sr. are good and help to establish the connection between the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. I didn't find Peter Treegate, Jr. that engaging a figure - still seemed too immature, rebellious, and contrary. We don't get the best use of Manly Treegate either.
Worth noting that Wibberley again gives his characters (even the unlikeliest) a capacity for philosophical reflection that helps in understanding the time and the situations. However, there seemed to be a few too many minor characters who appear only briefly, making their profound and insightful remarks before they are gone.
To some degree, Wibberley tries to wrap things up for the series, even bringing back Pouch, the wilderness guide from Red Pawns. He also creates some parallels with earlier books - Peter Treegate, Sr.'s "adoption" of Spanish children, the "blood brothers" induction of Peter Treegate, Jr. by Captain Gubu, etc. These weren't as fully developed as they could have been, and I didn't find them as compelling as the earlier instance of Peter Treegate, Sr. and the Maclaren of Spey.
Still, a good book and a worthy conclusion.
Worth noting that Wibberley again gives his characters (even the unlikeliest) a capacity for philosophical reflection that helps in understanding the time and the situations. However, there seemed to be a few too many minor characters who appear only briefly, making their profound and insightful remarks before they are gone.
To some degree, Wibberley tries to wrap things up for the series, even bringing back Pouch, the wilderness guide from Red Pawns. He also creates some parallels with earlier books - Peter Treegate, Sr.'s "adoption" of Spanish children, the "blood brothers" induction of Peter Treegate, Jr. by Captain Gubu, etc. These weren't as fully developed as they could have been, and I didn't find them as compelling as the earlier instance of Peter Treegate, Sr. and the Maclaren of Spey.
Still, a good book and a worthy conclusion.
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