H.M.S. Cockerel (The Naval Adventures Of Alan Lewrie, Volume 6)

It's 1793, and the swashbuckling naval warrior Alan Lewrie is stuck in a peaceful family life on a farm. Suddenly, he is called back to battle on the H.M.S. COCKEREL, a sleek frigate captained by a malaria-stricken tyrant. When First Officer Lewrie vaults to command, he takes COCKEREL from the lush pleasures of the Kingdom of Naples to a smoking cauldron called Toulon - and into the heart of the French Revolution. There, an outnumbered coalition of former enemies is being drawn into a terrible land-sea battle against the revolutionary French, in a siege of blood and terror that will send shock waves around the world. The unforgettable hero-rogue of the age of wooden-walled, spray-lashed fighting ships leaps into action again in this action-packed yarn.