Fortune's Bastard

By Peter Bailey
$2.99 Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Sep. 25, 2011
Words: 209,041 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465797445

Short description

One sentence synopsis:- Privilege succeeds where merit doesn’t. Two Paragraph synopsis:- Personalities and emotions clash violently when two men from different backgrounds meet in the Far East and ambition dominates sullen adversity until humbled in a court of law. Reduced to an elemental struggle one prospers.

Extended description

Synopsis:

When Chief Petty Officer Philip Palmer joins the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious in Singapore little does he suspect his naval career is about to be destroyed by the ambitions of Lieutenant Commander Le Voir. Autocratic and strongly opinionated Le Voir instantly dislikes the over-confident Palmer and the antipathy turns to hatred and physical violence when the two men discover they share the same woman’s love.
Circumstances run out of control when Le Voir is physically attacked by disgruntled ratings and Palmer finds himself accused of causing the loss of an aircraft and the death of a young observer.
Facing a courts martial for striking Le Voir in a drunken rage Palmer deserts his ship only to be arrested trying to flee Singapore on a civilian liner with his new wife and her daughter.
At the trial Le Voir is exposed as an ambitious bully with no consideration for the men under him. Found guilty of desertion Palmer is sentenced to be discharged from the se.. (Read more) Synopsis:

When Chief Petty Officer Philip Palmer joins the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious in Singapore little does he suspect his naval career is about to be destroyed by the ambitions of Lieutenant Commander Le Voir. Autocratic and strongly opinionated Le Voir instantly dislikes the over-confident Palmer and the antipathy turns to hatred and physical violence when the two men discover they share the same woman’s love.
Circumstances run out of control when Le Voir is physically attacked by disgruntled ratings and Palmer finds himself accused of causing the loss of an aircraft and the death of a young observer.
Facing a courts martial for striking Le Voir in a drunken rage Palmer deserts his ship only to be arrested trying to flee Singapore on a civilian liner with his new wife and her daughter.
At the trial Le Voir is exposed as an ambitious bully with no consideration for the men under him. Found guilty of desertion Palmer is sentenced to be discharged from the service but while waiting for confirmation of sentence he discovers the Admiralty intend to make him an example for the poor discipline on the squadron. They recommend dishonourable discharge and a two year prison sentence with hard labour.
Unable to accept the punishment Palmer and his new wife escape to Australia just before the naval patrol arrives to arrest him. On the way to Australia Palmer discovers that Le Voir has been promoted.
(Less)

Tags

fleet air arm

Available ebook reading formats

Single purchase gains access to all formats. How to download ebooks to e-reading devices and apps.

Format	Full Book	Sample First 20%
Online Reading (HTML, good for sampling in web browser)	Buy	View sample
Kindle (.mobi for Kindle devices and Kindle apps)	Buy	Download sample
Epub (Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions, others)	Buy	Download sample
PDF (good for reading on PC, or for home printing)	Buy	No sample available
RTF (readable on most word processors)	Buy	No sample available
LRF (Use only for older model Sony Readers that don't support .epub)	Buy	Download sample
Palm Doc (PDB) (for Palm reading devices)	Buy	Download sample
Plain Text (download) (flexible, but lacks much formatting)	Buy	No sample available
Plain Text (view) (viewable as web page)	Buy	No sample available

Reviews

Log-in to write a Review   Log-in to add a Video Review

This book has not yet been reviewed.

Reason for report:
— Select a reason — Book is or contains spam Book infringes copyright Same content is published elsewhere with different author (for ex., by private-label rights) Duplicate Incomplete work (such as sample or serial) Should be marked adults-only Category is inappropriate Poorly formatted Nudity or other inappropriate content on cover Nudity or other inappropriate visual content in book Inappropriate erotica content Cover image is improper Content is inappropriate Other violation of Terms of Service Other reason not shown above.

Additional details: