The Sea Beggar - Battles, James
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Queen Anne's War has ended in 1713 with the Treaty of Utrecht. Ephraim Bogardus and his brother Cornelius suddenly discover that their letters of marque which allowed them to operate as privateers and take French and Spanish prizes are null and void. They must now seek letters of marque from the King of Denmark so that they can continue to take Spanish ships as prizes. In The Sea Beggar: Under the Danish Flag, the third and final book in the Sea Beggar series Ephraim and his brother continue their privateer escapades well as their commodities trading in flour and tobacco throughout the…mehr

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Queen Anne's War has ended in 1713 with the Treaty of Utrecht. Ephraim Bogardus and his brother Cornelius suddenly discover that their letters of marque which allowed them to operate as privateers and take French and Spanish prizes are null and void. They must now seek letters of marque from the King of Denmark so that they can continue to take Spanish ships as prizes. In The Sea Beggar: Under the Danish Flag, the third and final book in the Sea Beggar series Ephraim and his brother continue their privateer escapades well as their commodities trading in flour and tobacco throughout the Caribbean. Following a huge hurricane, they recover gold and silver from the wrecked Spanish treasure fleet off Florida. They defend the Carolinas from attacks by Native Americans. Both Ephraim and Cornelius purse of the businesses ashore. Former privateers from Queen Anne's War turn to piracy and pose a threat to the colonial governments of the American Colonies. Each brother finds love and thinks of retiring from privateering and settling down however one last cruise keeps them going during the years after Queen Anne's War. Standby for more high adventure from the golden age of pirates and privateers as told in fiction by Ephraim Bogardus. The author of this tale, James B. Battles, is a retired Navy Captain. Captain Jim is a sailor of sloops in the Chesapeake Bay and the Caribbean. He is also a family historian. He has applied his sailing skills with his historical expertise to create a historical novel about one of his ancestors, Ephraim Bogardus.
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Autorenporträt
James B. Battles is a native of Ohio. He did is undergraduate work at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio majoring in history, political science, and naval science. He was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy upon graduation. He served four years on active duty during the Viet Nam War. After completing active duty, he pursued graduate studies obtaining a Ph.D. at The Ohio State University. Dr. Battles pursued a career in medical education and was a professor of biomedical communications and medical education at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas Texas. He continued to serve in the Naval Reserve obtaining the rank of Captain. His reserve unit was recalled during Desert Strom, in Gulf War I. While at UT Southwestern, Dr. Battles began to specialize in patient safety research worked for the federal government at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in Rockville, Maryland before retiring. He is the author of a number of professional journal articles book chapters and monographs in the area of medical education and patient safety. Since his retirement he has been devoting time to publishing family history and genealogy works. Captain Battles continues his love of the sea from his Navy days by sailing on the Chesapeake Bay as often as he can. He has also chartered sailboats in the Caribbean where he served as skipper of chartered sloops. It is this connection to sailing sloops that makes the maritime heritage of his Bogardus ancestors so interesting to him given his Navy background.