Relentless Pursuit
β Scribed by Pursuit, Relentless
- Book ID
- 107832346
- Publisher
- McBooks Press
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Series
- Bolitho 27
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
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.
Review
βOne of our foremost writers of naval fiction.β β Sunday Times
βAs ever, Kent evokes the blood and smoke of battle in crimson-vivid prose.β β Mail on Sunday
From the Publisher
Douglas Edward Reeman, a contemporary British writer, joined the British Navy at 16, serving on destroyers and small craft during World War II and eventually rising to lieutenant. He also has taught navigation to yachtsmen, and has served as a script adviser for television and films. Under the pseudonym Alexander Kent, Reeman is the author of the best-selling 25-volume "Richard Bolitho Novels." His books have been translated into nearly two dozen languages.
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