Sloop of War

Kent, Alexander

ISBN 10: 0099088207 / ISBN 13: 9780099088202

Published by Arrow Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 1974

About this Item

319 pp. Spine has reading creases. Pages tanned at edges. Chip tp map page edge. A clean copy. The seventh Bolitho story chronologically, by Douglas Reeman under his pseudonym. "April 1778. As the French enter the American War of Independence in earnest, young Richard Bolitho is given his first command, "Sparrow" - a fast, well-armed fighting sloop. At last he has the chance to prove his abilities as a junior captain. But he faces other challenges too." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sloop of War
• Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099088207
• ISBN 13: 9780099088202
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Paperback Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Seafaring Fiction

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Synopsis

For the young Richard Bolitho the spring of 1778 marked a complete transformation for himself and his future. It was the year in which the American War of Independence changed to an all-out struggle for freedom from British rule - and the year when Bolitho took command of the Sparrow, a small, fast and well-armed sloop of war. As the pace of war increased, the Sparrow was called from one crisis to another - and whe the great fleets of Britain and France convered on the Chesapeake, Bolitho had 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.

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.