Lieutenant Fitton [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Showell Styles (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1998

Michael Fitton, in command of the 10-gunner schooner Gipsy, had chased & taken several of the enemy priv ateers that swarmed in the Caribbean at the beginning of the 19th century, but one of the most active, the Spanish priva teer Senora had eluded him. '

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About the Author

Showell Styles was born Frank Showell Styles in 1908. His childhood was spent in the Welsh hills and he became an avid mountaineer and explorer. During the war, Styles joined the Navy and was posted in the Mediterranean, but even there he walked and climbed as much as he could. An aspiring writer, Styles already had articles published in Punch, before setting out toe make his living as an author. His first novel, Traitor's Mountain, was a murder mystery set on and around Tryfan in Wales. He became a prolific writer with over 160 books published. As well as books on mountains such as The Mountaineer's Weekend Book, he wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym of Glyn Carr, and humorous pieces as C.L. Inker. Showell Styles died in 2005. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0754031403
• ISBN-13: 978-0754031406
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,481,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)