Second to None - Couverture rigide

Kent, Alexander

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0434007218 ISBN 13 : 9780434007219

Editeur : William Heinemann Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

A historical sea story featuring Captain Adam Bolitho who, still grieving for his uncle, Sir Richard, is given command of the newly commissioned frigate 'Unrivalled' and ordered to the Mediterranean, where every landfall will remind him and those close to him of what he and England have lost. From the author of SWORD OF HONOUR and THE ONLY VICTOR.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

June 1815

On the eve of Waterloo, a sense of finality and cautious hope pervade a nation wearied by decades of war. But peace will present its own challenge to Adam Bolitho, captain of His Majesty's Ship Unrivalled, as many of his contemporaries face the prospect of discharge.

The life of a frigate captain is always lonely, but for Adam, mourning the death of his uncle Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho, that solitude acquires a deeper poignancy. He is, more than ever, alone, at the dawning of a new age for the Royal Navy, where the only constants are the sea and those enemies, often masked in the guise of friendship, who conspire to destroy him.

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

Biographie de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William Heinemann Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0434007218
• ISBN 13: 9780434007219
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible