{"product_id":"ramages-challenge-9781590130124","title":"Ramage's Challenge","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdmiralty spies are hunting for British officers and allies trapped on the mainland, among them Ramage's first love, Gianna, the Marchesa di Volterra. Ramage returns to the Tuscan coast, where Bonaparte holds a group of hostages for an unknown fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDudley Pope, a naval defense correspondent of the London Evening News, progressed to writing carefully researched naval history. C.S. Forester urged Pope to try his hand at fiction and saw the younger writer as his literary heir. Pope began what was to become an impressive series with Ramage (1965) and, over the next 24 years, produced 17 more novels tracing Lord Ramage's career. Pope died in 1997.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McBooks Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505326756114,"sku":"9781590130124","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_77765ab8-40d8-44f0-93da-47dacf7d3750.jpg?v=1730837765","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ramages-challenge-9781590130124","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}