[The Flag Captain] [By: Kent, Alexander] [July, 2006]

A naval thriller in which Flag Captain Richard Bolitho, returning home after eighteen months' continuous service, finds himself at the centre of the Great Mutiny of 1797. From the author of MIDSHIPMAN BOLITHO and CROSS OF ST GEORGE.

The Flag Captain

Literature & Fiction

Alexander, Kent

Genre Fiction

Hutchinson

Success to the Brave: AND Cross of St. George

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In another thrilling Richard Bolitho adventure, the navy prepares for action at sea against a growing fleet of American and French privateers, as the American Revolution rages on the mainland.

In Gallant Company

Arrow

<p>This story is set in the winter of 1773, in and around the West Country of England. Midshipman Bolitho's ship, the Gorgon, is laid up for refit, and he with some other 'young gentlemen' is allowed home for Christmas. Bolitho, now seventeen, returns to his family in Falmouth, taking with him his best friend and fellow midshipman, Martyn Dancer. Bolitho soon discovers that all is not well in Cornwall. There are rumours of an increase in smuggling, even witchcraft, and when a murdered man is found near the Bolitho house, ugly rumour becomes reality. Wrecking, the most savage of all crimes, is a further cause for alarm. Only a small and agile man-of-war can be of use against such restless enemies. To Falmouth comes one such vessel, the Avenger, and thoughts of a carefree leave are quickly forgotten by Richard Bolitho, especially when he learns the name of the Avenger's commander. Alexander Kent's second novel to cover Richard Bolitho's early career follows the events described in Richard Bolitho - Midshipman, which was so warmly received by readers, young and old, of the Bolitho series.</p>

Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger

Second To None

Contemporary

The Only Victor

Arrow Books

<p>Summoned to the Admiralty by Sir Edward Pellew, Captain Adam Bolitho is ordered to sail his 46-gun frigate Unrivalled into African waters to aid His Majesty's campaign against slave-runners. Preoccupied with avenging his uncle Richard's death while confronting an entrenched adversary and the aggressive opposition of the Algerian overlord, he fears he may be setting his crew on a course of doom.</p>

Relentless Pursuit

McBooks Pr

Success to the Brave ; Cross of St. George

Stand Into Danger

The year is 1774 and Bolitho, now a newly appointed third lieutenant, joins the Destiny at Plymouth. The frigate is dispatched on a secret mission far south to Rio and then the Caribbean where they face the hazards of conspiracy, treason and piracy.

At the end of a troubled peace Richard Bolitho is plunged into bloody action.A troubled peace with France means that in the harbours and estuaries around England, the royal fleet has been left to rot. Even a frigate captain as famous as Richard Bolitho is forced to swallow his pride and visit the Admiralty daily to plead for a ship. As the clouds of war begin to rise once more over the Channel, he has no choice but to accept an appointment to the Nore. With his small flotilla of three topsail cutters Bolitho sets out to search the coast for seamen who have fled the harsh discipline of His Majesty's Navy for the more tempting rewards of smuggling. But the 'Brotherhood' he comes up against are brutal and dangerous with a secret, sinister trade in human misery. Treason is never far distant and murder commonplace. So when a King's ransom is in peril and Bolitho is ordered to proceed 'with all despatch' to recover it he will need all the loyalty and courage of his three gallant cutters if he is to fulfil his mission.

With All Despatch

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