The Philanderers

Captain Stephen Drake steps ashore in Plymouth and is immediately confronted by a reporter wanting his comments on an attack made on him by the editor of the 'Evening Meteor'. Of course, the African expedition had been a disaster, but Drake was ready to take responsibility. He telegraphed a survivor so as to set up a meeting, and bought a copy of 'A Man of Influence'. Did he recognise himself in those pages? The battle with 'The Meteor' continues and only intensifies when Drake is elected t...