Sloop of War

Informationen zum Autor Alexander Kent's great interest in the ships and men of the eighteenth century navy was aroused when he was still at school. Although he attended fleet reviews and explored modern warships and dockyards with his father, he found that the great days of square riggers and battles at close quarters captured his imagination. H.M.S. Victory , Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, was always high on his list of regular visits. He served in the Royal Navy as a young man, and saw action in the Battle of the Atlantic and other major theatres of war, but his first love of the great days of sail remained unshaken. Now firmly established as a leading writer of authentic sea stories, he was the author of twenty-eight acclaimed books featuring Richard Bolitho. Under his own name, Douglas Reeman, and in the course of a career spanning forty-five years, he wrote over thirty novels and two non-fiction books. He died in January 2017. Klappentext For the young Richard Bolitho the spring of 1778 marked a complete transformation for himself and his future. It was the year in which the American War of Independence changed to an all-out struggle for freedom from British rule - and the year when Bolitho took command of the Sparrow, a small, fast and well-armed sloop of war. Zusammenfassung For the young Richard Bolitho the spring of 1778 marked a complete transformation for himself and his future. It was the year in which the American War of Independence changed to an all-out struggle for freedom from British rule - and the year when Bolitho took command of the Sparrow, a small, fast and well-armed sloop of war.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Kent
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.01.2006
• EAN: 9780099493860
• ISBN: 978-0-09-949386-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Richard Bolitho; Richard Bolitho
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, France, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Action & Adventure, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Historical adventure fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), 1714–1837 (Georgian period)