21 Books by Alexander Kent : The Richard Bolitho Series - Midshipman Bolitho, Stand in Danger, In Gallant Company, Sloop of War, To Glory We Steer, Command a King's Ship, Passage to Mutiny, With All Dispatch, Form Line of Battle! + 12 More (The Richard &a
Complete set of the first 25 volumes of the careers of Richard Bolitho and his nephew Adam Bolitho in the British Royal Navy, from the time of the American Revolution through past the Napoleonic Era. The titles are: Midshipman Bolitho; Stand Into Danger; In Gallant Company; Sloop Of War; To Glory...
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Complete set of the first 25 volumes of the careers of Richard Bolitho and his nephew Adam Bolitho in the British Royal Navy, from the time of the American Revolution through past the Napoleonic Era. The titles are: Midshipman Bolitho; Stand Into Danger; In Gallant Company; Sloop Of War; To Glory We Steer; Command a King's Ship; Passage To Mutiny; With All Despatch; Form Line of Battle!; Enemy In Sight!; Flag Captain; Signal - Close Action!; The Inshore Squadron; A Tradition of Victory; Success to the Brave; Colours Aloft; Honour This Day; The Only Victor; Beyond The Reef; The Darkening Sea; For My Country's Freedom; Cross Of St. George; Sword of Honour; Second to None; Relentless Pursuit
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Format: paperback
ASIN: B003MSPLCE
Publish date: 2006
Publisher: McBooks Press
Edition language: English
This one opens the new cycle in the Bolitho's adventures. We find Richard without a ship in a time of peace right after the end of the Revolutionary war. Kent is very good with describing the situation the sailors and soldiers find themselves in. Poverty, rejection, most of them hurt beyond reason p...
This is the first one published back in 1968 and it has all of the seeds (story wise) of the ones published later that come before it in the time line. I'm really happy that I was able to read them chronologically because if I had I started with this one I would not have had the joy of getting to th...
Well, this one did not disappoint. As good as "In Gallant Company" it picks up right where Gallant left off. We follow Bolitho into his first command and how he falls in love with his "Sparrow" his sloop of war. I started this one around 3 am this morning because of a rogue cricket that decided to s...
I just couldn't put this one down. As disappointed as I was with Band of Brothers this one didn't disappoint at all. We find Richard Bolitho, fourth lieutenant on the Trojan involved in the Revolutionary War. Plenty of action, of angst and just the right dosage of naval jargon. It only took me three...
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