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Britain and france wrangle over the return of colonial possessions won and lost during their long, bloody war and in the little 64gun achates, vice. The central character is richard bolitho, and, later, his nephew, adam. Browse alexander kents bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Success to the brave, richard bolitho by alexander kent booktopia. Publication date 1983 topics bolitho, richard fictitious character. It is the spring of 1802 when richard bolitho is summoned to the admiralty in london and given his orders for a very difficult task.
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Douglas edward reeman 15 october 1924 23 january 2017, who also used the pseudonym alexander kent, was a british author who wrote many historical novels about the royal navy, mainly set during either world war ii or the napoleonic wars. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases. The complete series list for richard bolitho novels alexander kent. Richard bolitho is summoned to the admiralty to receive his orders for a difficult and thankless mission. Bolitho novels chronology douglas reemans official. Success to the brave audiobook alexander kent audible. The history on the high seas back in the 171800s is an eyeopener. Bolitho was born in 1756 in falmouth, cornwall, in great britain, the second son of a prestigious naval family. Series of nautical fiction novels set during the late 18th century in the royal navy by douglas reeman writing under the pseudonym alexander kent.
Of all the books he has written over the years, douglas napoleonic naval stories about richard bolitho tend to. Publication date 1983 topics bolitho, richard fictitious character publisher new york. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. But bolithos first peacetime mission is fraught with conflict. He served in the wars against france and the united states. Douglas reeman became a published author in 1958 with the standalone title a prayer for the ship. In real life, reeman enlisted in the royal navy in 1940 when he was 16 and served during world war ii and the korean war.
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