Heart of Oak

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 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 aware of the envy and ambition among his officers, the troubled, restless spirits of his midshipmen, and the old enemy's proximity. Zusammenfassung 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 aware of the envy and ambition among his officers, the troubled, restless spirits of his midshipmen, and the old enemy's proximity.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Kent
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2008
• EAN: 9780099484264
• ISBN: 978-0-09-948426-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Richard Bolitho; Richard Bolitho
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Historical adventure fiction, Napoleonic War fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary