THE EIGHTEENTH CAPTAIN
A Novel of John Paul Jones (#1)
Author: Nicholas Nicastro
2012 Reissue Edition
5.5"x 8.5" Trade Paperback
Retail: $15.95US; 336pp
ISBN 978-1-62268-006-1
LCCN 2012942641

book details >>>
read an excerpt
cover detail
buy the book

THE EIGHTEENTH CAPTAIN
A Novel of John Paul Jones (Vol. I)
Author: Nicholas Nicastro

This literate and witty novel profiles the complex character of John Paul Jones as he navigates the military, political and romantic battlefields of Revolutionary America and France. Rousing sea battles and daring military maneuvers, along with a cast of vivid characters ranging from arrogant aristocrats to prostitutes, highlight richly imagined depictions of life on sea and land at the birth of two nations. The tale is enlivened by racy historical cameos of such figures as Benjamin Franklin, Benedict Arnold, and the Marquis de Lafayette.

"Nicholas Nicastro gives us a nuanced, insightful and thoroughly believable portrait of an American hero few know beyond his statement 'I have not yet begun to fight.' Nicastro does what the artist can do and the historian cannot, and he does it very well, showing us our American Tragic Hero, great but flawed, a conqueror brought down by his own faults."
—James L. Nelson, the Revolution at Sea Saga

"Embellishing John Paul Jones's early naval intrigues and sexual liaisons, Nicastro preserves the true spirit of a mercurial and moody hero. His tale bucks and careens as Jones thwarts a mutiny, is spurned by the woman he most desires, tyrannizes his crew, and fights a knuckle-biting duel at dawn."
—Jill B. Gidmark, University of Minnesota

About the Author >>>

Nicholas Nicastro was born in Astoria, New York sometime in the previous century CE. His education includes a B.A. in English from Cornell University (1985), an M.F.A. in filmmaking from New York University (1991), an M.A. in archaeology and a Ph.D in psychology from Cornell (1996 and 2003). He has also worked as a film critic, a hospital orderly, a newspaper reporter, a library archivist, a college lecturer in anthropology and psychology, an animal behaviorist, and an advertising salesman. His writings include short fiction, travel and science articles in such publications as The New York Times, The New York Observer, Film Comment, and The International Herald Tribune.

Check out the author's webpage at: www.nicastrobooks.com

THE EIGHTEENTH CAPTAIN
BETWEEN TWO FIRES
ANTIGONE'S WAKE

To purchase from your local independent bookseller click here:

Purchase at amazon.com

Purchase at barnes&noble.com

Purchase at booksamillion.com:

NOTE TO BOOKSELLERS:
All Bella Rosa Book titles are available through
Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Brodart Company, Book Wholesalers, Inc. (BWI),
The Book House, Inc., and Follett distributors.

Booksellers, Schools, and Libraries can also purchase
direct from Bella Rosa Books.
For quantity discounts contact sales@bellarosabooks.com .