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Band of Brothers by Alexander Kent
Category: Fiction | Series: Richard Bolitho Ser.
Richard Bolitho returns in this captivating page-turner set on the high seas from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent. Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester will not be disappointed! 'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' - THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Good characters, good story, good action.' - ...Show more
Cross of St George by Alexander Kent
Category: Fiction | Series: Richard Bolitho: Book 24
In the bitter February of 1813, with convoys from Canada and the Caribbean falling victim to American privateers, Sir Richard Bolitho returns to Halifax to pursue a war he knows cannot be won, but which neither Britain nor the United States can afford to lose. After nearly thirty years of almost continu ...Show more
Enemy in Sight by Alexander Kent
Category: No Category | Series: Richard Bolitho Ser.
"As 1794 draws to a close Richard Bolitho, commanding the old seventy-four-gun ship of the line Hyperion, leaves Plymouth to join a squadron blockading the rising power of Revolutionary France. After six months of repairs his ship is ready to fight again, but her company is mostly raw and untrained. Unf ...Show more
Heart of Oak (#28 Richard Bolitho) by Alexander Kent
Category: Fiction | Series: Richard Bolitho Ser.
It is February 1818, and Adam Bolitho longs for marriage and a safe personal harbour. But with so much of Britain's fleet redundant, he knows he is fortunate to be offered H.M.S. Onward, a new 38-gun frigate whose first mission is not war but diplomacy, as consort to the French frigate Nautilus. Under t ...Show more
In the King's Name (#29 Richard Bolitho) by Alexander Kent
Category: Fiction | Series: Richard Bolitho
It is January 1819, and Captain Adam Bolitho ships out from Falmouth bound for Freetown, on the old the slave coast of Africa. H.M.S. Onward carries sealed orders in the strongbox below deck. But why all the secrecy and apparent urgency? And why Onward, so soon after the Mediterranean, and that bloody a ...Show more
Man Of War by Kent Alexander
Category: Fiction | Series: Richard Bolitho Ser.
This work is set in Antigua 1817. Every harbour and estuary is filled with ghostly ships, the famous and the legendary now redundant in the aftermath of the war. In this uneasy peace, Adam Bolitho is fortunate to be offered the seventy-four gun Athena, and as flag captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Beth ...Show more
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 (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
Sloop of War by Alexander Kent; Michael Jayston (Read by)
Category: No Category | Series: Richard Bolitho Ser.
The year is 1778, the ship is the 18-gun HMS Sparrow, England's finest sloop of war, and the Captain is Richard Bolitho, sailing his command into the fury of battle. The American Revolution has turned the Atlantic coast into a refuge for privateers and marauding French warships, and it is up to young Bo ...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
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