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Success To The Brave

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It would surely have been over-optimistic of Richard Bolitho to have expected that the brief period of the Peace of Amiens might have afforded him a degree of rest and recreation - and, sure enough, he finds himself embroiled in treachery, dilemmas and fights to the death in the West Indies and the North Atlantic. There is action aplenty in this story - almost too much of it - and compared with many of the earlier works in the saga the plot seems a little contrived. Though not the best of the series it is however always entertaining and the usual cast of characters make their appearance and act and develop credibly. Affecionados of Bolitho cannot afford to miss it and will look forward to further defeats of Bonaparte's global ambitions as renewed hostilities gather pace.

Classic Bolitho. Our hero overcomes personal doubts and worries whilst always doing the right thing.A story that rushes forward page by page.Personally I have found this to be the most complete Bolitho I have so far read with his charater becoming a deeper fuller one,involved as he is with the conflicting demands of senior rank.

Kent continues to produce great adventure, history, and unforgettable characters in this 14th installment of the Bolitho series. Highly recommended.

This is a Genre which I have always enjoyed. Alexander Kent Weaves an interesting and exciting story of early 19th century naval history.

In the tradition of Alexander Kent this book is no less exciting than any other in the extensive story of Richard Bolitho. You will learn to love it's characters as real friends. Feel their pain and joy. Swelter on a blistering deck at sea or feel the friged, icy waters penetrate to you skin. Smell the smoke of cannon fire and hear the crack of breaking spars in the heat of battle. Don't miss a single episode in this series!

Vice-Admiral Richard Bolitho sails for America in this 13th volume of a series as enthralling as the classic Horatio Hornblower novels. This time Bolitho's 64-gun Achates faces treachery in the Caribbean in the spring of 1802, just after the Peace Treaty of Amiens ended the war between Britain and France. That peace didn't last long: The super-powers wrangle over the return of colonial possessions won and lost during their long, bloody war. Vice-Admiral Bolitho must face the challenge of his lonely command, weighing his mission's success against the lives of the men who follow him "even into the cannon's mouth"....

More than one million Richard Bolitho adventures have been sold worldwide. This particular edition has great cover art, a rousing portrait of 19th-century fighting ships.

I had not heard of Alexander Kent until I complained at a book store that they had no copies of Patrick O'Brian's books. The owner said, "Have you read any of Alexander Kent?" I had not, and that began a wonderful new adventure. Kent writes naval stories about the same historical time period as O'Brian, but Kent often has more action scenes, which I thoroughly enjoy. If you like O'Brian, you will love Kent.
Prentice Kinser III, D.Min., Author of:Limitless Living, A Guide to Unconventional Spiritual Exploration and Growth

All the books in the series are delightful. The picture of life on old sailing vessels is very realistic. Although the book is fiction, it touches on history of the period. I have read 22 of the 26 in the series and loved all of them. Compares favorably with Patrick O Brian's sailing ship adventure series.

KENT DOSENT LEAVE OUT ANY DETAIL IN MAKING THI A GREAT BOOK. i HAD TO BORROW THIS BOOK FROM THE LIBRARY,IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THIS SERIES PUBLISHED AGAIN. MUCH BETTER THAN P. O-BRIEN.
KENT HAS THE STYLE OF C.S.FORESTER.

Packed so full of action that I could hardly put the book down. Mr Kent does very well in his attemp to show more of the personal side of the main characters.