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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...
2) 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.
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
2000.
Language
English
Description
Spring 1802. Richard Bolitho is summoned to the Admiralty to receive his orders for a difficult and thankless mission. The recent Peace of Amiens is already showing sighns of strain as old enemies wrangle over colonies won and lost during the war. In the little sixty-four-gun Achates, Bolitho sails west for the Caribbean, to hand over the island of San Felipe to the French. But diplomacy is not enough.
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 novels volume no. 17
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
"In September 1804, as England stands alone against France and the fleets of Spain, Vice-Admiral Richard Bolitho hoists his flag above the veteran Hyperion and sets sail with a new squadron for the Caribbean. His orders are to plan and execute a daring dawn raid on the Spanish Main. Beneath the hostile mortars of La Guaira lies the ultimate prize: her Catholic Majesty's largest treasure ship, laden with gold and silver bound for Spain." -- Back cover....
10) 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.
12) Sword of honour
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
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
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Plymouth, July 1801: Richard Bolitho's small squadron, still repairing the scars of battle earned in heavy action at Copenhagen, has been months away from the sea. But the Admiralty needs Bolitho. After eight years of war with France, Britain must make a gesture that will show her strength and determination-and one which will dramatically weaken the French cause. The Admiralty wants an attack. Rear-Admiral Bolitho must follow his flag's tradition...