for a Few Francs (Jaco Jacinto Age of Sail, #5)

Edmund Radcliffe's two greedy brothers convinced their father, Malcolm Radcliffe, to exile Edmund to Martinique to save the family from financial ruin and further embarrassment. There, he finds work as an accounting clerk. Still, Edmund wanted to go to sea. After being hired as a second officer on a merchant ship, he discovers the captain is stealing from the ship's owner.

With France consumed by its revolution, the Marquis de Fontaine and his family board Edmund's ship in Bordeaux. On the v...