Sloop Of War - The Richard Bolitho Adventures: 6 - Alexander Kent - Paperback Bog - Cornerstone - 2006 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk

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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 ********************************************************************** 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 .