Felix Wild and the Blockade Runners

Peter Broadbent

Aug 2018 · Felix Wild Book 2 · Andrews UK Limited

About this ebook

Felix Wild is approaching his seventeenth birthday, if the horse doctor who originally estimated his age by examining his teeth is correct. He still has the remarkable ability to memorise and draw anything he has seen, but is now looking for a fresh challenge. Studying navigation appeals to him but fate - in the shape of Admiral Millinhall-Slice - intervenes, and he is whisked away from the comfortable home of Mr and Mrs Kettle on a dangerous mission into the heart of the American Civil War aboard a blockade-runner. In this witty and engaging novel, Peter Broadbent creates characters worthy of Charles Dickens, including Pearly Yardstick, a carriage driver who – to the astonishment of the Kettle household – is not only a woman but one with 'the backside of an Epsom Derby winner'; Captain Achilles De'Kedge, whose walking stick was fashioned from the timbers of HMS Pickle, the ship that brought home the news of Nelson's triumph at the Battle of Trafalgar; and Doshie Dibbler, a mere thirty-three inches tall, but a perfect example of miniature womanhood.

About the author

Peter Broadbent joined the Royal Navy as a 15-year-old Junior Seaman. After a successful naval career, he worked in marine facilities around the world and in 2001 moved to a mountain village in the Valencia region of Spain where, along with his wife Margaret, he started a small community magazine that grew to become one of the most popular 'revistas' on the Costa Blanca. His books include four acclaimed naval memoirs – HMS Ganges Days, HMS Bermuda Days, A Singapore Fling, and Up Spirits – and a novel, My Wight Little Isle. This is his second historical novel – the first was Felix Wild – A Foundling On Board HMS Warrior, and the second in a trilogy featuring Felix Wild.