For King and Company

Name: For King and Company
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Ellis K. Meacham
ISBN: 9781541474154

Author: Ellis K. Meacham

Series: Percival Merewether #3

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Unabridged: 14 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/27/2017

Categories: Fiction, Military Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

They called themselves the Bombay Buccaneers—and under that flamboyant name they blazed a trail of daring and adventure from the Gulf of Oman to the waters of Macao.

For courage, loyalty, and renown few of the Buccaneers could match their Captain, Percival Merewether, a brilliant seaman who was already the hero of a score of fabled sea-faring campaigns. Newly in command of the thirty-six gun frigate Pitt, Merewether is about to set sail again—this time on a voyage that would plunge him and his crew into new and ever more hazardous trials: a mutiny, a fierce-fought sea battle with the French, and a stormy encounter with the most ferocious pirate ever to hoist a flag: Madame Chin, scourge of the China Seas . . .

About Ellis K. Meacham

Ellis K. Meacham (1913-1998) was a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve who served as a gunnery officer in the Pacific during the Second World War. He was an attorney in Tennessee from 1937 until 1972, when he became a judge in the Chattanooga Municipal Court. He won the Friends of American Writers Major Award in Fiction in 1969 for The East Indiaman.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean on August 25, 2017

This is the last book in the trilogy. Our protagonist, Captain Percival Mereweather of the British East India Company’s Bombay Marine, takes command of the company’s ship Pitt. Mereweather quells a mutiny and has to deal with an overbearing first lieutenant. The story covers the Gulf of Aden, Bay of......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on February 08, 2023

The final book of the trilogy ending with Merewether happy and married at home in England after a variety of adventures. This was better than the previous book, but doesn't particularly stand out to me in the ocean of sea novels out there except for the premise: an East India Company sailor instead......more

Goodreads review by R on August 30, 2021

Fabulous series I am sad to come to the end of this trilogy. It stands among the best of the naval adventure series and that is saying something! In this installment Meacham added nuance with occasional vignettes of other characters. These added depth and richness to the story. It was used to great e......more

Goodreads review by Jeni on March 05, 2023

Every bit as good as I remembered! I first read this series of books more than thirty years ago, and always remembered how much I had enjoyed them. I was delighted when I finally discovered them again after some time of searching online. Many thanks for making them available as books.......more

Goodreads review by Keld on December 04, 2018

14 years? Historical interested? Love for the high seas and men of war? -This is a book for you.......more