<p><span class="deck"> In Pierre Landais the Continental Navy had its own real-life Commander Queeg. His tour as master of the <span class="typestyle"> Alliance</span> was a nightmare wilder than any a novelist could invent </span></p>
<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">In which John Jones, né Paul, invades both England and Scotland, despoils a countess, and defeats a British sloop—all in less than forty-eight hours</span> </span></p>