1826: Autumn Book 3 of 5

The new school year at Seekings, and the Michaelmas term is one like no other. Strange portents in the skies and colder than any in living memory.

The fleet carrying Carl Birch has set out from Portsmouth, heading for St Petersburg in the Baltic. The inexperienced Duke of York, Prince Charles, brother of the King, and Lord High Admiral has pinned his colours to the mast of HMS Ajax - a decision which will have far reaching implications for him, the Royal Family and the Kingdoms of Albion and...