Synopsis
1778: The year the American War of Independence became an all-out struggle for freedom from British rule — and the year young Richard Bolitho took command of the Sparrow, a small, fast and well-armed sloop of war.
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About the Author
Douglas Reeman (Alexander Kent) did convoy duty in the Atlantic, the Arctic and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty bestselling historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.
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A young and earnest Captain Richard Bolitho bravely faces the shot and ball thrown at his British ship by American patriots, managing one narrow escape by sailing over a shallow bar. Michael Jayston's raspy voice is deep and sure of itself as it spins these sea yarns. In the way of a good storyteller, he sometimes gets excited or takes on an accent, but he always stays easily understood. The author's muse contributes "tightly reefed topsails, the clank of pumps, and the smell of gun smoke in battle" to provide the narrator with stories of the Revolutionary War that are both educational and in good taste. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 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. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR002647233
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Geoffrey Huband - Wraparound Painted Cover! (illustrator). 18th Edition!. 319 pgs. "1778, the ship is the HMS Sparrow, England's finest sloop of war, and the captain is Richard Bolitho, sailing his command into the fury of battle. The American Revolution has turned the Atlantic coast into a refuge for privateers and marauding French was ships - when the Sparrow comes upon the scene, bloody action soon follows. It is up to young Bolitho to fight the colonial rebels on the one hand, and to stave off the treachery of a beautiful woman and the dangerous incompetence of a senior officer with the other." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 1502-4
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. 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. Seller Inventory # 000195
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