Alexander Kent

Broschiertes Buch

Cross Of St George

(The Richard Bolitho adventures: 24): an all-action naval adventure on the high seas from the master storyteller of the sea

Beschreibung

February 1813With convoys from Canada and the Caribbean falling victim to American privateers, Sir Richard Bolitho returns to Halifax to pursue a war he knows will not be won, but which neither Britain nor the United States can afford to lose. England's youngest admiral desires only peace.

Autor

Alexander Kent's great interest in the ships and men of the eighteenth century navy was aroused when he was still at school. Although he attended fleet reviews and explored modern warships and dockyards with his father, he found that the great days of square riggers and battles at close quarters captured his imagination. H.M.S. Victory, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, was always high on his list of regular visits. He served in the Royal Navy as a young man, and saw action in the Battle of the Atlantic and other major theatres of war, but his first love of the great days of sail remained unshaken. Now firmly established as a leading writer of authentic sea stories, he was the author of twenty-eight acclaimed books featuring Richard Bolitho. Under his own name, Douglas Reeman, and in the course of a career spanning forty-five years, he wrote over thirty novels and two non-fiction books. He died in January 2017.

Produktdetails

• Richard Bolitho
• Verlag: Cornerstone
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 248g
• ISBN-13: 9780099497738
• ISBN-10: 0099497735
• Artikelnr.: 22463706