Fletcher's Fortune

Name: Fletcher's Fortune
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.1 (71 reviews)
Author: John Drake
ISBN: 9781912982523

Author: John Drake

Series: Fletcher #1

Narrator: Joseph Lindoe

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lume Books

Published: 02/28/2019

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, Military Fiction

Synopsis

Jacob Fletcher is unsure of his parentage, but he does know that, as an apprentice, he couldn't legally be seized by the press gang. This particular gang, however, didn't abide by the law. Fletcher finds himself risking life, limb and sea sickness to save his fortune now at risk of being lost to his evil step-mother and loathsome half-brothers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on May 11, 2022

It is 1783 and as per usual Britain is at war with France. Jacob Fletcher, uncertain of his parentage, is an apprentice to a local magistrate and mayor in the Cornish sea port of Polmouth. Being an apprentice should exempt young Fletcher from being 'pressed' but the Navy is short of men and the pres......more

Goodreads review by James on December 13, 2022

Fletcher’s Fortune is a rollicking sea adventure filled with sex, blood, and gore, with plenty of adventure for all. Edward Fletcher is a naïve young sailor who gets drawn into the world of piracy and murder. Bloodthirsty Frenchmen, lusty wenches, and heartless adversaries await him on this perilous......more

Goodreads review by Eric on June 02, 2017

A fun sea tale!......more

Goodreads review by Ed on March 25, 2020

Jacob Fletcher is a great protagonist but unfortunately, he's no Harry Flashman!......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on March 20, 2019

This is the first in a short series of sea novels set in the late 1700s in the war with France. I was able to pick it up as an e-book on Amazon for 99 cents as a recommendation from Goodreads, something authors might want to consider for their series: it got me reading the author. Jacob Fletcher is a......more