Sloop Of War

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**********************************************************************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. Σελίδες: 320, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm