Allegiances — Charles Davis

An historical epic adventure novel set in 1861 about the little known history of the famous yacht "America" during the first year of the Civil War. From Annapolis to Charleston, from the courts of England to plantations of Jamaica, fictional hero Lieutenant Jonathon Wade of the Confederate Navy is beset by spier, battered by the guns of Union warships, and beset by the love of two beautiful women.

Here is the dramatic first year of the Civil War at sea, the incredible torching of the Union warships at Norfolk, the battle for Port Royal, the burning of Jacksonville, and the infamous Trent Affair, a secret conspiracy to bring England into the war on the side of the Confederacy. The book, accurate in historical detail, focuses on the moral and ethical dilemma faced by Jonathon Wade is choosing his allegiances to his country or his state, and between the two moan that love him.