1774. Aboard the 28-gun Destiny, Bolitho, now a third lieutenant, deals with piracy, conspiracy, and treason in the Caribbean.[...]
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, the navy must maintain its blockade of Washington's vital military supplies. Includes supplementary essay.[...]
1778. Richard Bolitho, captain of the HMS Sparrow, sails into the fury of battle. 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 beautiful woman, and overcome[...]
Portsmouth 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.[...]
Plymouth, 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.[...]
Filled 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[...]