ISBN: 9781581826784

The Cutler family ship Eagle is captured in the 1780s, a time when America is weak and nations like the Barbary States of North Africa are preying on its commerce. Richard Cutler is sent … Plus…

The Cutler family ship Eagle is captured in the 1780s, a time when America is weak and nations like the Barbary States of North Africa are preying on its commerce. Richard Cutler is sent to negotiate a ransom for his brother Caleb and the crew. After learning of the pirate chieftain's plans to reject the ransom terms, as well as of treachery among Britain, France, and the Barbary States to cripple American shipping and thus America herself, Richard finds himself engaged in a fierce naval battle with Arab ships. After learning that a woman of previous affection, Anne-Marie Helvetian, is in danger, he rescues her and her daughters from the guillotine, and with the revolutionaries in hot pursuit, their escape becomes a desperate race, with the lives of all at stake. William C Hammond, Books, Fiction and Literature, For Love of Country: A Novel Books>Fiction and Literature Richard Cutler sails the world to free his brother Caleb from Barbary pirates, disrupt treacherous plans to cripple a fledgling America, and rescue one-time love interest Anne-Marie Helevetian from the guillotine. With the revolutionaries in hot pursuit, his escape becomes a desperate race with the lives of all at stake.<