Download or read book Broke and the Shannon written by Peter Padfield and published by London : Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 1968 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June, 1813, Captain Philip Broke od the Royal Navy sent a challenge to equal combat to the American Captain Lawrence. It was the climax of years of waiting for a chance to distinguish himself and it succeeded an unbroken list of five American single-ship victories. The author describes the action as recorded in contemporary documents and survivors' accounts.