Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. This is a story well told and the author leaves us wanting more. Book 6 by kent, alexander from amazons fiction books store. The year is 1778, the ship is the 18gun hms sparrow, englands finest sloop of war, and the captain is richard bolitho, sailing his command into the fury, isbn 9780935526486 buy the sloop of war ebook. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
At last he has the chance to prove his abilities as a junior captain. The excitement never flags in the novel which describes bolithos first command of a sloop during the american revolution off the eastern coast of. Douglas edward reeman 15 october 1924 23 january 2017, who also used the pseudonym alexander kent, was a british author who wrote many historical novels about the royal navy, mainly set during either world war ii or the napoleonic wars. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read sloop of war. I created this ship as a commissionbuild, based on the morrigan from assassins creed rogue. The configuration of the 15 stars in the original united states national flag. Of all the first four bolitho novels, this one is my favorite to date. The year is 1778, the ship is the 18gun hms sparrow, englands finest sloop of war, and the captain is richard bolitho, sailing his command into the fury of. In the age of sail they were built in huge numbers and in far greater variety than the more regulated major warships, so they present a particular challenge to any historian attempting a coherent design history.
For the young richard bolitho the spring of 1778 marked a complete transformation for himself and his future. Alexander kent author 2008 beyond the reef bolitho series alexander kent author 2005 the complete midshipman bolitho bolitho series alexander kent author 2006. Alexander kent ebooks epub and pdf format alexander kent ebooks. Richard bolitho is a fictional royal navy officer who is the main. Items similar to us sloop saratoga engaging british. The sloop disappeared as a warship in the mid19th cent.
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The year is 1778, the ship is the 18gun hms sparrow, englands finest sloop of war, and the captain is richard bolitho, sailing his command into the fury of battle. Sloop of war richard bolitho, book 6 by alexander kent. Click download or read online button to a sloop of war book pdf for free now. Later books in the series set after his death are based on his nephew adam bolitho. Sloop of war definition is a small warship with guns on only one deck. The client had other ideas for the ship so this is my interpretation of the infamous sloop of war. Reeman joined the british navy at 16 and served on destroyers and small crafts during world war ii, eventually rising to lieutenant. Richard bolitho series by alexander kent goodreads. Sloop of war article about sloop of war by the free.
Alexander kent a pen name of douglas reeman wrote this series about richard bolitho and his family. This is the first study in depth of the royal navys vital, but largely ignored small craft. Alexander kent is the pseudonym of douglas reeman, a contemporary british writer. The excitement never flags in the novel which describes bolithos first command of a sloop during the american revolution off the eastern coast of the united states. As the french enter the american war of independence in earnest, young richard bolitho is given his first command. Sloop of war follows the appointment of lieutenant bolitho to command his own ship, hms sparrow. Sloop of war the bolitho novels vol alexander kent 9780935526486 the year is. Bell for a 3year cruise with the mediterranean squadron to protect american interests.
He wrote a total of 68 novels, selling 34 million copies in twenty languages. It is probably the longest running series in the genre at the present time. Sloop of war bolitho series book 6 alexander kent author 1998 to glory we steer. Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples log in dictionary. Sloop of war definition and meaning collins english. Alexander kent is the author of twentyeight acclaimed books featuring richard bolitho. See all 25 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The richard bolitho novels and millions of other books are available for instant access. They focus on the military careers of richard bolitho and adam bolitho in the royal navy, from the time of the american revolution past the napoleonic era. Especially for any former military officer, there is something irresistable about reading about an officers first independent command. Uss hartford, a sloopofwar, steamer, was the first ship of the united states navy named for hartford, the capital of connecticut.
Buy a cheap copy of sloop of war the bolitho novels book by alexander kent. Sloop of war hardcover june 1 1992 by alexander kent author 4. Cross of st george ebook by alexander kent rakuten kobo the devils. Under his own name, douglas reeman, and in the course of a career spanning fortyfive years, he has written over thirty novels and two nonfiction books.
Publication date 19820901 topics historical general, fiction publisher jove. The second constellation, a sloop designed by john lenthall and constructed at the norfolk navy yard, was commissioned on 28 july 1855 and departed under captain charles h. Richard bolitho novels series in order alexander kent. Sloop of war morrigan since this is my first finished ship, i decided to upload and showcase her. It is the year that the american war of independence changes to an allout struggle against british rule and the year when he takes command of sparrow, a fast, wellarmed sloop of war. Sloop of war the bolitho novels book by alexander kent. In 1774, richard bolitho is a newly appointed more. Sloop of war isbn 9780935526486 pdf epub alexander kent. The bolitho novels are a series of nautical war novels written by douglas reeman they focus on the military careers of richard bolitho and adam bolitho in the. The author paints a vivid picture of the men and of the time during the age of fighting ships under sail. The pivotal point in the history of the sloop of war was undoubtedly 1732, for it was in that year that the admiralty and the navy board recognised a need to establish standard requirements in terms of measurement, burthen, armament and crew for generalpurpose sloops. A sloopofwar was quite different from a civilian or mercantile sloop, which was a general term for a singlemasted vessel rigged in a way that would today be called a gaff cutter but usually without the square topsails then carried by cutterrigged vessels, though some sloops of that type did serve in the 18th century british royal navy. He later worked as a london detective and has served as a script advisor for television and film.
Alexander kent hardcover books for sale in stock ebay. A sloop of war was a small warship, variously rigged as a barque, brig, brigantine, or ship, that carried fewer than 18 guns in the british navy and fewer than 24 in the american navy. A sloop of war download a sloop of war ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. Hartford was launched 22 november 1858 at the boston navy yard and commissioned 27 may 1859, captain charles lowndes in command. The bolitho novels are a series of nautical war novels written by douglas reeman using the pseudonym alexander kent.
Sloop of war was awash in the nautical action and battle sequences that making reading alexander kents bolitho series so much fun. Download pdf a sloop of war free online new books in. You will best enjoy them in the order published, but they can stand on their own. Sloop of war definition of sloop of war by merriamwebster. The american revolution has turned the atlantic coast into a refuge for privateers and marauding french warships, and it is up.
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