The sixteenth book in the Carlisle & Holbrooke series of naval adventures is now available. It’s titled Debatable Lands, which refers to the contested territory between the Portuguese Viceroyalty of Brazil and the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. This was the scene of a little-known incident in 1762 when a Portuguese force, escorted by British ships, sailed to the River Plate intending to settle the dispute by evicting the Spanish. Debatable Lands tells the story of that ill-conceived expedition.
Debatable Lands features Captain George Holbrooke in command of the frigate Argonaut. The ship and its captain have fought through the Seven Years War and are now looking for some well-earned rest, but instead must sail six thousand miles from home and deal with the self-destructive obsessions of a Spanish captain and his powerful ship. And then there’s the governor of Buenos Aires, an eighteenth-century tactical genius for whom the ownership of the northern bank of the River Plate is not at all in debate.
Debatable Lands was published today in Kindle and Paperback formats, but it might take a few days to be available in your regional Amazon store.
This sixteenth book in the series concludes the story of the Royal Navy in the Seven Years War. Carlisle and Holbrooke will return during the short interval of peace before the American War of Independence.
AUDIO EDITIONS
David Lane Pusey is narrating the whole series, book-by-book, and producing them in audio format. He’s presently working on #11 Carlisle’s Duty which I hope will be available before Christmas. The audio book of Debatable Lands will follow in its due sequence.