Lydia Bailey Library Binding – January 1, 1947 
by  Kenneth Roberts  (Author)
 
History, romance and adventure are again skillfully blended by the author. Set in 1800 when the ideals and promises of the newborn United States are being tested. First in Boston by the Federalists jailing those who speak out against them. In the West Indies, French privateers are avenging a broken treaty by capturing American merchant vessels which French courts are condemning and allowing to be sold. In France, Bonaparte in planning the reconquest of Haiti as the base for an attack on continental America. In the Mediterranean, the Barbary States, Tripoli in particular, are blackmailing the United States and seizing American ships. Exciting literature for those who enjoy history.