Guilty of Honour by Tony Mead Paperback Book 9781787192898

Young Ben Stone is fleeing for his life over the bleak Yorkshire Moors From being a child he has been besotted by the local landowneramp39s daughter Ruth but after her wicked brother is accidentally killed Ben fears that he will be blamed Ruth convinces him he should run otherwise her father who is also the local magistrate will probably have him hanged for murderTrying to keep out of the way of the law he runs into a wandering band of thieves They take him as a prisoner and he is forced to endure a desperate winter in their secret lair When he does escape their clutches his fortune changes and he is taken in by a friendly parson who runs an orphanage in Cartmel where Ben finds a new lifeA brief spell working at a chandleramp39s shop in Barrow in Furness is rudely interrupted when Ben is pressed into the navy The year is 1801 and the Royal Navy is desperate for menBen takes to life in the navy and quickly gains promotion He is set for a promising career when his past returns to haunt him in the person of Ruth who has been married off to the new Governor of Jamiaca and needs transporting out to the Caribbean on Benamp39s ship During the voyage Ruth takes the opportunity to...