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Relentless Pursuit by Alexander Kent
Category: Fiction | Series: Richard Bolitho
This title is set in December, 1815. Adam Bolitho's orders are unequivocal. As captain of His Majesty's frigate Unrivalled of forty-six guns, he is required to 'repair in the first instance to Freetown, Sierra Leone, and reasonably assist the senior officer of the patrolling squadron'. But all efforts o ...Show more
Second To None by Kent Alexander
Category: Fiction
This work is set in June 1815. On the eve of Waterloo, a sense of finality and cautious hope pervade a nation wearied by decades of war. But peace will present its own challenge to Adam Bolitho, captain of His Majesty's Ship Unrivalled, as many of his contemporaries face the prospect of discharge. The l ...Show more
Second to None (MP3) by Alexander Kent; Michael Jayston (Read by)
Category: Audio | Series: Richard Bolitho Ser.
June 1815On the eve of Waterloo, a sense of finality and cautious hope pervade a nation wearied by decades of war. But peace will present its own challenge to Adam Bolitho, captain of His Majesty's Ship Unrivalled, as many of his contemporaries face the prospect of discharge.The life of a frigate captai ...Show more
Signal Close Action by Alexander Kent
Category: Fiction
When in 1798 Richard Bolitho hoists his broad pendant as commodore of a small squadron and prepares to re-enter the Mediterranean he is soon made aware of his responsibility. There are rumours of a massive French armada and of the latest type of artillery - and Bolitho's orders are to seek out the enemy ...Show more
Success to the Brave by Alexander Kent
Category: Fiction | Series: Richard Bolitho Ser.
In the spring of 1802 Richard Bolitho is summoned to the Admiralty in London and given his orders for a difficult and, to him, distasteful task. Even an advanced promotion to vice-admiral to make him one of the youngest ever appointed does not compensate for his sudden and thankless mission. Bolitho and ...Show more
Sword of Honour by Alexander Kent
Category: Fiction | Series: Richard Bolitho
This work is set in March 1814. Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho returns to England from several months' rigorous patrolling off the North American coast. War with the United States has not yet ended, but news of Napoleon's defeat and abdication has stunned a navy and a nation bled by years of European confl ...Show more
The Only Victor (MP3) by Alexander Kent
Category: Audio
FEBRUARY 1806The frigate carrying Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor off the shores of southern Africa. It is only four months since the resounding victory over the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar, and the death of England's greatest naval hero.Bolitho's instructions are to assist ...Show more
The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World by John Davies; Alexander J. Kent; James Risen (Foreword by)
Category: Reference
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, its legacy and the accompanying Russian-American tension continues to loom large. Russia's access to detailed information on the United States and its allies may not seem so shocking in this day of data clouds and leaks, but long before we had satellite ...Show more
The Suspect - An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle by Kent Alexander; Kevin Salwen
Category: True Crime
A contributing source for the Warner Bros.' film Richard Jewell starring Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde and Paul Walter Hauser "Meticulously reported, bracingly written, full of memorable and bizarre characters, the book casts a wary eye on the worlds of law enforcement and journalis ...Show more