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Courage
France, 1790. A nation rushes towards destruction; Napoleon Bonaparte prepares to stride onto the stage of history; the Brotherhood shape their vast design for the world's future.
On a mission to France, Captain Sidney Smith of the Royal Navy meets and loves Berenice de Sainte Honorine du Fay. But as the escalating Terror engulfs Berenice's family, so the tide of war sweeps Smith to far shores and turbulent waters...
Courage is an epic of intrigue and drama, of larger-than-life passions and the tumult of war. And of the storm-tossed passage of a man and a woman through the maelstrom.
On a mission to France, Captain Sidney Smith of the Royal Navy meets and loves Berenice de Sainte Honorine du Fay. But as the escalating Terror engulfs Berenice's family, so the tide of war sweeps Smith to far shores and turbulent waters...
Courage is an epic of intrigue and drama, of larger-than-life passions and the tumult of war. And of the storm-tossed passage of a man and a woman through the maelstrom.
585 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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About the author
Robert Carter
13 books193 followersI was born in Staffordshire, near Etruria, the place made famous by Josiah Wedgwood, but was brought up in Sydney, Australia and later in Lancashire, England. I studied astrophysics at Newcastle University, where I started the student science fiction society. Writing novels has always played a part in my life, and I've tried to see the world enough to be able to write fiction with the help of personal experience.
After university, the US oil industry was booming so I went to Dallas, Texas, later on I worked on rigs in various parts of the Middle East and the war-torn heart of Africa. I was aboard the Ron Tappmeyer, a rig that blew out in the Persian Gulf, killing 19 men. It was dangerous work, but well-paid, and it took me to places that outsiders rarely see, like the Rub-al-Khali of Arabia and hard-to-reach parts of equatorial Africa.
When I left the oilfields, I spent time on travel, first to East Berlin and Warsaw, then to Moscow and Leningrad. From there I took the Trans-Siberian railway to Japan. In Hong Kong, I worked on a road survey, took tea with the heir of the last king of Upper Burma near Mandalay, and on the path to Everest base camp just happened to run into Sir Edmund Hillary. After traveling around most of India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, I returned home and took up a job with the BBC. Four years later, I left BBC TV to write. I finally settled in London, but I still like to head off to interesting parts when time allows.
After university, the US oil industry was booming so I went to Dallas, Texas, later on I worked on rigs in various parts of the Middle East and the war-torn heart of Africa. I was aboard the Ron Tappmeyer, a rig that blew out in the Persian Gulf, killing 19 men. It was dangerous work, but well-paid, and it took me to places that outsiders rarely see, like the Rub-al-Khali of Arabia and hard-to-reach parts of equatorial Africa.
When I left the oilfields, I spent time on travel, first to East Berlin and Warsaw, then to Moscow and Leningrad. From there I took the Trans-Siberian railway to Japan. In Hong Kong, I worked on a road survey, took tea with the heir of the last king of Upper Burma near Mandalay, and on the path to Everest base camp just happened to run into Sir Edmund Hillary. After traveling around most of India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, I returned home and took up a job with the BBC. Four years later, I left BBC TV to write. I finally settled in London, but I still like to head off to interesting parts when time allows.
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September 15, 2017
would have been more effective to start the novel after the characters were separated. the male character in particular was u nlikeable and I could never get myself to care about him. it could have been ok to have him make that early bet but I never believed that he actually loved her. sadly I couldn't finish.
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