Signal-Close Action!

Alexander Kent (Douglas Edward Reeman)

ISBN 10: 0091213304 / ISBN 13: 9780091213305

Edité par Hutchinson, London, UK, 1974

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Hutchinson, London, UK. 1974. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to tail; foxing to textblock top and fore edge. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped (£2.60); light wear to head, tail, and tips. Maroon paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Maps as endpapers. 320 pp 8vo. 7th Richard Bolitho novel. As master of France, Napoleon now turns towards the East - and the vast wealth of India. But first he must secure the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt. Now Commodore of a newly-formed squadron in a British fleet stretched to the limit, Richard Bolitho faces one of the toughest commissions of his career: to ascertain the fighting strength of the French - then seek, find, and bring them to battle. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Signal-Close Action!
• Éditeur: Hutchinson, London, UK
• Date de parution: 1974
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0091213304
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780091213305
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • General Fiction
  • Ships and Sailing
  • European Matters

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Synopsis

A seafaring adventure featuring Richard Bolitho. Now Commodore of a newly formed squadron, in a British fleet, Bolitho faces one of the toughest commissions of his career: to ascertain the fighting strength of the French - then seek, find and bring them to battle.

Quatrième de couverture

1798 - Richard Bolitho hoists his broad pendant as commodore of a small squadron and prepares to re-enter the Mediterranean he is soon made aware of his responsibility. There are rumours of a massive French armada and of the latest type of artillery - and Bolitho's orders are to seek out the enemy and to discover the intentions of his growing force.

Without any British bases in the Mediterranean, and unable to show favour to old friends, Bolitho is well aware that there are others within his ships who are no less dangerous than the enemy - and during the weeks and months in which the squadron faces the hazards of the weather and French broadsides alike, Bolitho knows that far more than his own future is at stake. A fleet, even a nation, could depend on his decisions and, when he places his squadron between the Nile and the power of France, he must accept the price of the challenge.

Praise for Alexander Kent: '
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' Sunday Times
'Shipwreck, survival ... a spirited battle ... a splendid yarn' The Times