Alexander Kent
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
As captain of His Majesty's frigate Unrivalled of forty-six guns, Adam Bolitho is required to assist the senior officer of the patrolling squadron. But all efforts of the patrols to curb a flourishing trade in human life are hampered by unsuitable ships, and by the belligerence of the Dey of Algiers, which threatens to ignite a full-scale war.
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Aboard the Hyperion, Richard Bolitho sets sail with an untrained crew for blockade duty off France. Unfortunately, his superior, Commodore Mathias Pelham-Martin, is an incompetent egotist whose petty hostilities jeopardize the operation of an entire fleet.
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
February 1813. As American privateers pick off British and Canadian ships in the wake of the War of 1812, Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho returns to Halifax to defend Crown property. In the cold waters off Nova Scotia, he fights fruitless skirmishes with men of the frontier, all the while longing for peace. While the admiral's enemies pull strings behind the scenes to bring him down, his nephew Adam rises to the grueling challenges of command.
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho stories volume 26
Publisher
Distributed by LPC Group
Pub. Date
1999, 2001
Language
English
Description
In the days immediately following Waterloo, the British fleet confronts a new threat: Algerian pirates preying on hapless merchant ships. Adam Bolitho, Admiral Richard Bolitho's nephew and heir, finds himself in command of Unrivalled, a new kind of frigate-sleek, fast, and heavily armed.
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho stories volume 25
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Sir Richard Bolitho returns from a wearing campaign in North American waters to take up a command in Malta. As England's long war with Napoleon reaches its end, will Richard Bolitho's longing for peace-both public and personal-be fulfilled?
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
June 1809. Soon after taking part in the dramatic capture of Martinique in the Caribbean, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is next despatched to the African coast to gather a flotilla and stop French attacks on British trade routes. But Bolitho must contend with more than Britain's old enemy - he must also face the hatred of his flag captian and betrayal by a man he once counted on as his friend. In the dangerous waters off South Africa, Bolitho hunts...
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Spithead, 1784. His Majesty's Frigate, Undine, sets sail for India and the seas beyond. Europe may be at peace-but in colonial waters the promises of statesmen count for little and the bloody struggle for supremacy still goes on.
11) Man of war
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Captain Adam Bolitho, of the 74-gun Athena, sails to the West Indies as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune, who had been a friend of Adam's uncle, Richard. In the torrid waters of the Caribbean, they take on a renegade foe that knows no honor, offers no quarter, and traffics in human life.--Publisher description.
12) Colours aloft
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds himself the new master of the Argonaute, a French flagship taken in battle. With the Peace of Amiens in ruins, he must leave the safety of Falmouth.
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
New York, 1777: As the American revolution rages on the mainland, the British Navy prepares for action at sea. In the turmoil of the battle to maintain a blockade of military supplies to Washington, junior officer Richard Bolitho has to make momentous decisions, decisions which could alter the course of history.
14) The flag captain
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Captain Richard Bolitho is placed in charge of the flagship of a squadron attempting to force Britain's entry into the Mediterranean during the late eighteenth century.
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
"October 1789, and war clouds thunder over Europe when Richard Bolitho steers the Tempest into the perilous waters of the Great South Sea. His mission: to protect vulnerable English shipping lanes from her seagoing enemies."--Cover.
16) The only victor
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho stories volume 20
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
Chicago, Illinois :
Language
English
Description
In 1806 Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho "carries the news of Trafalgar to southern Africa, where he is to aid British ground forces in any way he can to retake Cape Town from the Dutch. ... [Then] he undertakes a secret mission to Denmark, which nearly ends in disaster and further damages his sight."--Cover.
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho stories volume 4
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Aboard the frigate Destiny, Lt. Richard Bolitho is astounded when he learns of the ship's mission: travel 5000 miles to recover a fabulous treasure for His Majesty. As the swift ship moves into the warm seas of Rio, Bolitho sails into an adventure that will alter his career and his heart.
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
It is 1792, over ten years since Britain's defeat by the American colonies, and the bitter humiliation still sticks sticks in the Admiralty's craw. Now brutal smugglers, many of them naval deserters, occupy the Channel, plying their trade between England and France. Richard Bolitho's mission: to take three speedy topsail cutters and fight the treacherous raiders off the coast of Kent.
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Portsmouth, 1782. His Britannic Majesty's frigate, Phalarope, is ordered to assist the hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean. Aboard is her new commander-Richard Bolitho. To all appearances the Phalarope is everything a young captain could wish for, but beneath the surface she is a deeply unhappy ship-her wardroom torn by petty greed and ambition, her deckhands suspected of cowardice under fire and driven to near-mutiny by senseless ill-treatment....