Midshipman Bolitho
The year is 1772, and Richard Bolitho is a sixteen-year-old midshipman about to undergo a severe initiation into the game of seamanship. The book follows young Bolitho's adventures as he intercepts and destroys a band of vicious pirates and then is swept away on a dangerous mission through the...
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The year is 1772, and Richard Bolitho is a sixteen-year-old midshipman about to undergo a severe initiation into the game of seamanship. The book follows young Bolitho's adventures as he intercepts and destroys a band of vicious pirates and then is swept away on a dangerous mission through the treacherous stamping ground of smugglers, wreckers, and murderers.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780935526417 (0935526412)
Publish date: April 1st 1998
Publisher: McBooks Press
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Series: Richard Bolitho (#1)
Sloppy, clumsy, incompetent writing.The characters have no depth, their actions are illogical, their feelings have to be explained in plain words because there is no skill to suggest anything, and even the word choice is frequently very unfortunate.Nor is the plot anything special to make up for the...
Unabridged and read by Michael Jayston. The last section, about the wreckers, was the best bit.
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