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Sloop of War

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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
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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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Series: Richard Bolitho Publisher: Random House

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781407009971
  • Release date: November 21, 2008

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781407009971
  • File size: 461 KB
  • Release date: November 21, 2008

Formats

OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

Languages

English

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.


Expand title description text