SUMMARY: Richard Bolitho, promoted to ViceAdmiral of the Red, sets out as a peace emissary to fulfill a condition of the Treaty of Amiens, to return the island of San Felipe to the dominion of the former British enemy, the French
Success to the Brave
โ Scribed by Alexander Kent
- Publisher
- Berkley Publishing Group;Arrow
- Year
- 1984;1999
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 152 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
With his wife expecting their first child, Bolitho is loath to quit land for the demands of duty. But with the Peace of Amiens already showing signs of strain, he is ordered to the Caribbean to hand over San Felipe to the French.
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