Admiral

April 1814. Napoleon is deposed and exiled after defeat by a resurgent allied collation.

Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is one of the lucky officers not to be put on half pay. Instead, he is offered an admiral's flag, but the station is West Africa and with it comes anti-slavery operations set in fever-ridden swamps. Despite the obvious dangers and hardships, Kydd readies for sea with his beloved Thunderer as his flagship.

But before he can set sail comes the electrifying news - the tyrant has escaped from Elba and is marching on Paris, the citizens flocking to join him.

With frantic haste Admiral Sir Thomas Kydd is appointed temporary commander-in-chief to sail with all the men-o'-war that can be scraped together to stand athwart the French…