Multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent, brings us another rip-roaring and riveting maritime page-turner. Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will not be disappointed!'Mr Kent is Forester's direct heir, and is rapidly showing himself an equal in the genre.' -- Sunday Times'C. S. Forester never wrote a more exciting novel than Alexander Kent.' -- New York Times Book Review'A splendid yarn' -- The Times'A tale of angry passion, envy and adventure' -- Bookseller'Boy, is this good stuff! Can hardly wait to pick up the next book' -- ***** Reader review'The author knows how to keep the reader enthralled' -- ***** Reader review'Hard to stop reading' -- ***** Reader review'Couldn't put it down from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review**********************************************************************1778: a seminal year for the young Richard Bolitho... The American War of Independence changes to an all-out struggle for freedom from British rule - and Bolitho takes command of the Sparrow, a small, fast and well-armed sloop of war.As the pace of war increases, the Sparrow is called from one crisis to another - and when the great fleets of Britain and France convene on the Chesapeake, Bolitho has to throw aside the early dreams of his first command to find maturity in a sea battle that might decide the fate of a whole continent.Bolitho's adventures continue in To Glory We Steer.
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For the young Richard Bolitho the spring of 1778 marked a complete transformation for himself and his future. It was the year in which the American War of Independence changed to an all-out struggle for freedom from British rule - and the year when Bolitho took command of the Sparrow, a small, fast and well-armed sloop of war.
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One of our foremost writers of naval fiction
Another thrilling Bolitho adventure!
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780099493860
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Vendor
Arrow Books Ltd
Vekt
223 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Forfatter