Under Enemy Colours

In the French Revolution, one of Britain's most skillful naval officers, Charles Saunders Hayden, is a young lieutenant, the son of an English father and a French mother. His abilities and his loyalty to the king of England are beyond dispute, yet his career seems doomed by his ""mixed"" heritage and lack of political connections. Consequently, Hayden is assigned to an aging frigate, the Themis, under the command of Captain Josiah Hart, "Faint Hart". The disaffection of the crew begins to boil over into violence, and the lieutenant is caught between the captain and the crew pushed toward mutiny. A revolution at sea ensues, and Hayden is wrenchingly torn between honor and duty.