Richard Bolitho -- Midshipman October 1772, Portsmouth. And
sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho waits to join the Gorgon ordered
to sail to the west coast of Africa and to destroy those who
challenge the King's Navy. For Bolitho, and for many of the crew,
it is a severe and testing initiation into the game of seamanship.
Midshipman Bolitho and the 'Avenger' December 1773, Falmouth. The
young Bolitho looks forward to a family Christmas in Cornwall while
the Gorgon is refitted. But Cornwall is the treacherous stamping
ground of smugglers and wreckers. After the murder of a revenue
office, Bolitho is swept aboard his brother's cutter Avenger on a
dangerous mission of hide and seek. Band of Brothers 1774 - the new
year seems to offer Richard Bolitho and his friend Martyn Dancer
the culmination of a dream. Both have been recommended for
promotion, although they have not yet gained the coveted
lieutenant's commission. But a routine passage from Plymouth to
Guernsey in an untried schooner becomes, for Bolitho, a passage
from midshipman to King's officer, tempering the promise of the
future with the bitter price of maturity.
General
| Imprint: |
Arrow Books Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
2008 |
| Authors: |
Alexander Kent
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 127 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
433 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-09-950433-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-09-950433-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780099504337 |
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