{"product_id":"9780755379095","title":"The Spoils of Conquest","description":"Author: Seth Hunter\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780755379095\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Headline\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 11 Mar 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mouth of the Nile River, 9th August, 1798: Admiral Nelson has sent Captain Nathan Peake on a desperate journey across the Middle East to convey a grim warning to British India. Bonaparte is poised to deliver a fatal blow to the source of Britain's wealth and power by marching his army overland to India. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArriving in Bombay, Nathan takes command of the East India Company's naval wing - the Bombay Marine - an under-armed and poorly crewed flotilla of sloops and gunboats.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith these meagre resources he must stop the flow of French supplies to their Indian ally and protect the Company's trade from the pirates and privateers swarming in the Bay of Bengal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Nathan discovers the truth behind the East India Company's honourable facade, he confronts some tough personal choices - and a crisis of conscience even more threatening than the enemy...","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919001567390,"sku":"ING-9780755379095","price":42.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780755379095.jpg?v=1782802734","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780755379095","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}