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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
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
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
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
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