The Raja of Monkey Island is a rattling and imaginative story of sea, life and adventure in pursuit of slave-dhows.
HMS Spiteful is about to set out to sea from the Arab port of Muscat. Her mission: to intercept dhows transporting slaves from East Africa. Midshipman Ashley and his shipmates are all eager for a fight with slavers to do their bit to end the evil practice of slavery and - of course - to get a share of the prize money. But what if...