To Glory We Steer: The Richard Bolitho Novels (Häftad)
avAlexander Kent
ISBN: 9780935526493 - UTGIVEN: 1998-10Portsmouth 1782. Now captain of the frigate Phalarope, which is ordered to assist the hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean, Bolitho deals with a mutinous crew and fights in the Battle of Saintes.[...]
A Tradition of Victory (Pocket)
avAlexander Kent
ISBN: 9780935526707 - UTGIVEN: 200004Plymouth, July 1801. After eight years of war with France, Britain must make a gesture that will show her strength and determination -- and one which will dramatically weaken the French cause. The Admiralty wants an attack.[...]
In the King's Name (Häftad)
avAlexander Kent
ISBN: 9781590134818 - UTGIVEN: 2012-02Filled with high-seas intrigue and sharp tensions, this nautical novel takes an intense voyage into the heart of Napoleonic-era Africa. The year is 1819 and Captain Adam Bolitho has been sent on an urgent but risky mission to make a fast passage from Plymouth to Freetown, West Africa, with secret or[...]
The Government Taketh Away (Pocket)
avLeslie Alexander (EDT) Pal, R. Kent (EDT) Weaver, Leslie Alexander (EDT) Pal
ISBN: 9780878409020 - UTGIVEN: 2003-04Democratic government is about making choices. Sometimes those choices involve the distribution of benefits. At other times they involve the imposition of some type of loss-a program cut, increased taxes, or new regulatory standards. Citizens will resist such impositions if they can, or will try to [...]
Command a King's Ship (Pocket)
avKent, Alexander
ISBN: 9780099493891 - UTGIVEN: 2006-01-05In March 1784, at a time when most of the fleet was laid up, His Majesty's frigate Undine weighed anchor at Spithead to begin a voyage to India and far beyond. As her new captain, Richard Bolitho was glad to go, despite the nature of his orders and the immensity of the voyage - for he was leaving an[...]
In the King's Name (Pocket)
avKent, Alexander
ISBN: 9780099528265 - UTGIVEN: 2012-02-02It 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 blood[...]
