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Only Victor
FEBRUARY 1806The frigate carrying Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor off the shores of southern Africa.
In Gallant Company
At a time of shortages and sudden death, even a lieutenant can find himself faced with tasks and decisions more suitably given to officers of greater experience. And, as the …
Command A King's Ship
In 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, …
Form Line of Battle
June 1793, Gibraltar - The gathering might of revolutionary France prepares to engulf Europe in another bloody war. For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities means a fresh …
To Glory We Steer
The time is January 1782, and British Captain Richard Bolitho is ordered to take the frigate Phalarope to the Caribbean, where the hard-pressed royal squadrons are fighting for …
Relentless Pursuit
As captain of His Majesty's frigate Unrivalled of forty-six guns, Adam Bolitho is required to assist the senior officer of the patrolling squadron. But all efforts of the patrols …
Stand Into Danger
The year is 1774 and Bolitho is the third lieutenant joining the 28-gun frigate Destiny at Plymouth. Despatched on a secret mission far south to Rio and then to the Caribbean, …
Inshore Squadron
The twelfth Richard Bolitho story that chronologically follows the events covered by "Signal - Close Action!" In September 1800, Richard Bolitho assumes command of his own …
Passage To Mutiny
OCTOBER 1789, NEW SOUTH WALESInto Sydney, capital of Britain's infant colony, sails the frigate Tempest.
Flag Captain
In the spring of 1797, Richard Bolitho brings the 100-gun Euryalus home to Falmouth to be flagship of the hastily formed squadron, which has been chosen to make the first British …
Signal Close Action
When in 1798, Richard Bolitho hoists his pendant as commodore of a squadron, and prepares to re-enter the Mediterranean, he is soon made aware of his responsibility. There are …
Honour This Day
He has written dozens of naval books under his own name and the pseudonym Alexander Kent, including the famous Richard Bolitho books set during the Napoleonic Wars.