Published by McBooks Press 2001

Copyright © 1982 by C. Northcote Parkinson

First published in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Co., 1973

First published in the United Kingdom by John Murray Ltd, 1982

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Cover painting: A Naval Engagement by Philip James Loutherbourgy.

Courtesty of Spink & Son Ltd., London, UK/Bridgeman Art Library.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Parkinson, C. Northcote (Cyril Northcote), 1909–

Guernseyman / by C. Northcote Parkinson.

p. cm.—(Richard Delancy novels; no. 1)

ISBN 1-59013-001-4 (alk. paper)

1. Delancy, Richard (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Great Britain—History, Naval—19th century—Fiction. 2. Napoleonic Wars, 1800–1815—Fiction 4. Guernsey (Channel Islands)—Fiction.

PR6066.A6955 G8 2001

823’.914—dc21

2001026668

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