While the plot described in this novel is fiction, it is completely plausible in the view of the author. Spain and England were at war from 1796 to 1802, and a seaborne invasion of the Floridas had seemed imminent. During this time there actually was a minor invasion by Creek Indians under the direction of William Augustus Bowles, a British adventurer. He was betrayed, captured, and imprisoned. But the two nations were at war again as early as...