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

About this title

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.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

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.