Post Captain

A page turning adventure of life at sea. Fun character development and descriptions of life lived under naval command a few centuries ago. The quest of discovering the world and the motives to control it all told through the tiny lens of a solitary sailing vessel.

Interesting details including: life among the Irish ship hands, Gaelic was considered a language of ill-bred and ignorant people, the many definitions of what makes one a gentlemen vs the il-bred, socially acceptable behaviors and rituals, the ill fated life of the people stolen from their lands, Spain's secret trade route with the orient. Englands desires for Spain's secrets and treasures.

This story would've taken place around the same time as a few other books I've read:
- Shogun, James Clavel
- The Wagner, David Grann
- Sharpe's Trafalgar, Bernard Cornwell