Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships; A Story of the Last Naval War, by
W.H.G. Kingston.
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This is quite a difficult book to get the gist of. It is a tale of
inheritance. A family inhabiting a castle in Shetland, a group of
islands to the north of Scotland, is also apparently entitled to a title
and lands in Spain and elsewhere. But who of the Shetland family is the
rightful heir? The Spanish usurpers are well aware that the true heir
is in Shetland, and their agent is a priest who appears several times in
the book.
Apart from all this there is a background of seamanship and sailing
vessels, for the time is just after the Napoleonic War with France.
This of course is the setting in which Kingston excels as an author.
You will probably need a pencil and paper when you are working out who
Ronald Morton really is, but the story is a fascinating one, and you
will enjoy the task. It's about fourteen hours as an audiobook.
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RONALD MORTON, OR THE FIRE SHIPS, A STORY OF THE LAST NAVAL WAR, BY
W.H.G. KINGSTON.