The Only Victor - Couverture souple

Kent, Alexander

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330318403 ISBN 13 : 9780330318402

Editeur : Pan Books, 1990

Synopsis

A Richard Bolitho story, and a sequel to "Honour This Day". Four months after the historic victory at Trafalgar, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor off the shores of southern Africa. He is brooding over the loss of his old flagship "Hyperion", but a new challenge awaits.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

FEBRUARY 1806

The frigate carrying Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor off the shores of southern Africa. It is only four months since the resounding victory over the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar, and the death of England's greatest naval hero.

Bolitho's instructions are to assist in hastening the campaign in Africa, where an expeditionary force is attempting to recapture Cape Town from the Dutch. Outside Europe few have yet heard of the battle of Trafalgar, and Bolitho's news is met with both optimism and disappointment as he reminds the senior officers that, despite the victory, Napolean's defeat is by no means assured. The men who follow Bolitho's flag into battle are to discover, not for the first time, that death is the only victor.

'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction ... authentic, inspiring, well characterized and, finally, moving' SUNDAY TIMES

Présentation de l'éditeur

Fevbruary 1806. Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho carries the news of Trafalgar to southern Africa, where he is aid to the ground forces any way he can to retake Cape Town from the Dutch. Impatient to be home, Bolitho decides yet again that the boldest measures are best, and proves to the army that brave men do not die in vain. But there is little respite.
After a defiant, all too brief reunion with his mistress, Lady Catherine Somervell, a secret mission to Denmark nearly ends in disaster for Bolitho, and further damages his sight. When diplomacy fails he is eager to quit the land, and joins the expedition to bombard Copenhagen in a new flagship, BLACK PRINCE. All too soon he must lead his cheering sailors into the roar of battle, where amid the upturned guns and splintered decks, Death is truly the only victor. .

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan Books
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330318403
• ISBN 13: 9780330318402
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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