The Power and the Glory: 3 (Cutler Family Chronicles)


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The Power and the Glory is the third novel in the historical nautical fiction series from William C. Hammond. It follows in the wake of A Matter of Honor and For Love of Country and features the adventures of the seafaring Cutler family of Hingham Massachusetts and an ever expanding cast of characters. Set during the Quasi-War against the French Republic during the late 1790s The Power and the Glory offers the reader a stirring and authentic look at the birth of the modern United States Navy during the Age of Fighting Sail. Whether confronting French pirates off the coast of Nantucket or heavily armed French frigates in the Caribbean Capt. Thomas Truxtun Capt. Silas Talbot Lt. Richard Cutler and other early naval heroes --most real some fictional -- personify the best of American honor and courage. Beyond electrifying sea battles and the challenge to French colonial rule in Haiti and in the French West Indies The Power and the Glory provides intriguing glimpses into everyday life of the era be they in the bedroom of the Cutler clapboard home in Hingham on the island of Barbados where the Cutlers own a sugar cane plantation and run a far-reaching commercial enterprise or aboard Adm. Sir Hyde Parkers flagship in Port Royal Jamaica. And at the center of all the excitement passion and intrigue are two of the finest super frigates ever constructed: USS Constellation and her sister ship USS Constitution. As with all books in the series the authors careful research and attention to detail coupled with his thorough knowledge of sailing and the ways of the sea bring history alive in a refreshing and entertaining fashio
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