Sloop Of War: A swashbuckling naval tale of derring – do and all-action adventure from the master storyteller of the sea
Nov 2008 · Random House
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Multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent, brings us another rip-roaring and riveting maritime page-turner. Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will not be disappointed!
'Mr Kent is Forester's direct heir, and is rapidly showing himself an equal in the genre.' -- Sunday Times
'C. S. Forester never wrote a more exciting novel than Alexander Kent.' -- New York Times Book Review
'A splendid yarn' -- The Times
'A tale of angry passion, envy and adventure' -- Bookseller
'Boy, is this good stuff! Can hardly wait to pick up the next book' -- ***** Reader review
'The author knows how to keep the reader enthralled' -- ***** Reader review
'Hard to stop reading' -- ***** Reader review
'Couldn't put it down from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review
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1778: a seminal year for the young Richard Bolitho... The American War of Independence changes to an all-out struggle for freedom from British rule - and Bolitho takes command of the Sparrow, a small, fast and well-armed sloop of war.
'Mr Kent is Forester's direct heir, and is rapidly showing himself an equal in the genre.' -- Sunday Times
'C. S. Forester never wrote a more exciting novel than Alexander Kent.' -- New York Times Book Review
'A splendid yarn' -- The Times
'A tale of angry passion, envy and adventure' -- Bookseller
'Boy, is this good stuff! Can hardly wait to pick up the next book' -- ***** Reader review
'The author knows how to keep the reader enthralled' -- ***** Reader review
'Hard to stop reading' -- ***** Reader review
'Couldn't put it down from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review
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1778: a seminal year for the young Richard Bolitho... The American War of Independence changes to an all-out struggle for freedom from British rule - and Bolitho takes command of the Sparrow, a small, fast and well-armed sloop of war.
As the pace of war increases, the Sparrow is called from one crisis to another - and when the great fleets of Britain and France convene on the Chesapeake, Bolitho has to throw aside the early dreams of his first command to find maturity in a sea battle that might decide the fate of a whole continent.
Bolitho's adventures continue in To Glory We Steer.
Multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent, brings us another rip-roaring and riveting maritime page-turner. Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will not be disappointed!
'Mr Kent is Forester's direct heir, and is rapidly showing himself an equal in the genre.' -- Sunday Times
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19 reviews
Phil Cole
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November 4, 2019
Another swashbuckling and action packed ride.
Warren Oxford-Huggett
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September 21, 2014
Great read.
Rick Clennett
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March 11, 2018
Another fine read
About the author
Alexander Kent is the author of twenty-seven acclaimed books featuring Richard Bolitho. Under his own name, Douglas Reeman, and in the course of a career spanning forty-five years, he has written over thirty novels and two non-fiction books.
Alexander Kent is the author of twenty-seven acclaimed books featuring Richard Bolitho. Under his own name, Douglas Reeman, and in the course of a career spanning forty-five years, he has written over thirty novels and two non-fiction books.
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