In the King's Name
$27.18
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2012
Summary
The new Bolitho novel from our greatest living naval writer.
It is January 1819, and Captain Adam Bolitho ships out from Falmouth bound for Freetown, on the old the slave coast of Africa. H.M.S. Onward carries sealed orders in the strongbox below deck. But why all the secrecy and apparent urgency? And why Onward, so soon after the Mediterranean, and that bloody action with Nautilus?
On their way back into port having completed their mission, the crew of the Onward spy the debr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099528265 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099528266 |
| Author: | Alexander Kent |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 188g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Richard Bolitho |
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One of our foremost writers of naval fiction… authentic, inspiring, well characterised and, finally, moving
One of our foremost writers of naval fiction… authentic, inspiring, well characterised and, finally, moving * Sunday Times *Excellent…comparable to the wonderful Hornblower novels. Kent describes characters and actions with great clarity and skill * Independent on Sunday *The storytelling has an easy mastery, how well Kent knows the psychology of navalmen * Sunday Telegraph *
About The Author
Alexander Kent
Alexander Kent is the author of twenty-seven acclaimed books featuring Richard Bolitho. Under his own name, Douglas Reeman, and in the course of a career spanning forty-five years, he has written over thirty novels and two non-fiction books.
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