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Blake of the Rattlesnake by Frederick Thomas Jane audiobook.

Fred Jane, who later went on to publish his famous 'Jane's Fighting Ships', doubtless was noting the success of other books that forecast a British defeat in the event of war in the late 19th century when he wrote this fictional account of 'The Man Who Saved England.' Jane tells of a possible war against both France and Russia with plenty of verve and derring-do amid naval battles, both small and large.

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