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PRELUDE1 In June 1761, HMS Temple was at Martinico (now Martinique), exchanging prisoners under a flag of truce. During the procedure, another British warship, possibly Bienfaisant, captured a French prize and took the prisoners on board Temple. The French prisoners claimed that one of Temple’s boats was involved, which created a diplomatic incident between the French governor La Touché and the British.
CHAPTER 21 Some privateers had a reputation for near piracy. This fictional incident is based on a report in the Leeds Intelligencer of the 2nd of February, 1762, when two Martinique-based privateers captured the British merchantman, maltreated and murdered the captain and at least one of the crew, and took the others to Martinique.
CHAPTER 41 Although this incident is fiction, the
