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Alexander Kent
The twelfth Richard Bolitho story that chronologically follows the events covered by Signal - Close Action! In September 1800, Richard Bolitho assumes command of his own squadron, but he soon…
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Aboard the 28-gun Destiny, Bolitho, now a third lieutenant, deals with piracy, conspiracy, and treason in the Caribbean.
The year is 1793, and England is once again at war. For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities with France means a fresh command and the chance for action after…
Brutal smugglers, many of them naval deserters, occupy the Channel, plying their trade between England and France. This story describes Richard Bolitho’s mission: to take three speedy top sail cutters…
April 1797, Falmouth Bay. As France continues her bitter struggle for supremacy on land and sea, the Royal Navy received a crippling blow at home: the Great Mutiny.
February 1806. Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho carries the news of Trafalgar to southern Africa, where he is to aid the ground forces in any way he can to retake Cape…
March, 1811. Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is once again summoned to London. In defense of an Empire, the Admiralty must quell the unrest in America-or face war with those who…
June 1793, Gibraltar. The gathering might of revolutionary France prepares to engulf Europe in another bloody war. As in the past, Britain will stand or fall by the fighting power…
In the spring of 1797, Richard Bolitho brings the 100-gun Euryalus home to Falmouth to be flagship of the hastily formed squadron, which has been chosen to make the first…
As captain of His Majesty’s frigate Unrivalled of forty-six guns, Adam Bolitho is required to assist the senior officer of the patrolling squadron. But all efforts of the patrols to…
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This fourteenth Bolitho novel has the epic scenes of action, the powerful characterization and the authentic period detail that have made Alexander Kent a bestseller wherever sea stories are read…
A searing and gripping tale of trouble on the high seas, and of the weakness of the human spirit, In the King’s Name heralds the return of our greatest living…
Onward, a new 38-gun frigate whose first mission is not war but diplomacy, as consort to the French frigate Nautilus. Under the burning sun of North Africa, Bolitho is keenly…
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Despatched on a secret mission, the company of a 28-gun frigate must face the hazards of conspiracy, treason, and piracy. And recently appointed third lieutenant Richard Bolitho must learn to…
As a junior officer in the British Royal Navy, Bolitho is caught up in the turmoil of American Revolution sea battles. Against a growing fleet of American and French privateers…
With Bolitho in command, the frigate Undine sets sail for India and beyond. Europe may be at peace, but in colonial waters the promises of statesmen count for little and…
Bolitho steers the Tempest into the Great South Sea to protect English shipping lanes. He must face pirates and savage islanders. But he is menaced, too, by deeper fears-the men…
As the clouds of war begin to rise once more over the Channel, he has no choice but to accept an appointment to the Nore. With his small flotilla of…
A historical maritime thriller featuring Captain Richard Bolitho, who is ordered to join the British blockade off the French coast in 1793, but are his crew up to the task…
The year is 1798. Commodore Richard Bolitho is sent to the Mediterranean where Napoleon’s naval forces are massing, preparing to annex Egypt. When Bolitho places his squadron between the Nile…
Returning safely to England after the dramatic capture of Martinique, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds an all-too-brief respite from war and politics. But the shadow of a new conflict already…
Set on the eve of Waterloo, this book opens the second era of the Bolitho chronicles. Battling pirates and slavers, Adam Bolitho, captain of the Unrivalled, stands alone at the…
The American Revolution has turned the Atlantic coast into a refuge for privateers and marauding French warships. Young Bolitho must fight the colonial rebels, stave off the treachery of a…
In January 1782 the frigate Phalarope is ordered to the assistance of His Britannic Majesty’s hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean. It would appear the perfect commission for her new young…
As the French enter the American War of Independence, young Richard Bolitho is given command of the fast, well-armed sloop Sparrow. He has a chance to prove his ability, but…
Colours Aloft!, the sixteenth Richard Bolitho novel, bears all the hallmarks of its best-selling predecessors. September 1803 Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds himself the new master of the Argonaute, a…
The 22nd novel in the Bolitho series. It is March 1811, and Admiral Richard Bolitho is once again summoned to London from Cornwall. In defence of an Empire, the Admiralty…
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Sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho waits to join the Gorgon ordered to sail to the west coast of Africa and to destroy those who challenge the King’s Navy. For Bolitho, and for…
