The Lions 🦁 Claw

✅ Giving 🎁➡️ rein at last to his 👤👨⬅️ excellent narrative gifts 🎁, Mr Padfield has his 👤👨⬅️ readers thoroughly involved.The Mariners MirrorThis novel by one 1️⃣ of Britains ​🇬🇧​ leading naval historians introduces Lieutenant Guy Greville, intelligence officer 👮 of Her 👤👩⬅️ Majestys corvette Dulcinea off east ➡️ Africa 🌍️ in the final decade of the nineteenth century. The Royal Navy is attempting to 🔚 the trade in Africans driven across the continent ➕ 🚢 from the ➡️ coast ⬆️ to the 🔴 ⛵️ ➕ Persian Gulf for the slave markets of the Middle ➡️. But 🧰 of modern arms 🔍️ in 1️⃣ intercepted dhow 🖌️ the trade in Africans driven across the continent and shipped from the east coast up to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf for the slave markets of the Middle East. But chests of modern arms found in one intercepted dhow draw the Dulcinea into great power intrigue. Searching 🔍️ for clues 🧩 to the shipment, Guy Greville is led from the scented courtyards of old 🧓 Zanzibar, and ➕ the enchanting young 👶 wife of an Arab slave trader, to action at sea ⛵️ and ➕ ashore on the plains of the interior. The story is told 🗣️ with all the verve and ➕ descriptive power that has established the authors reputation for vivid narrative. Here is Africa 🌍️ in the cruel days of the slave trade and ➕ the European 🏤 scramble for colonies, Britain ​🇬🇧​ at the height of her 👤👩⬅️ civilising mission, the Royal Navy at the zenith of its world 🗺️ power and ➕ arrogance; and ➕ here are its larger than life 🧬 characters engaged in the imperial game 🎮️.

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