France early summer 1794. The French Revolution has been hijacked by the extreme Jacobins & is in the grip of The Terror. While the guillotine relentlessly takes the heads of innocents two vast French & British fleets meet in the mid-Atlantic following a week of skirmishing. After fierce fighting both sides claim victory. In The Glorious First of June Sam Willis not only tells with thrilling immediacy & masterly clarity the story of an epic & complex battle he also places it within the context of The Terror the survival of the French Revolution & the growth of British sea-power.