March 1814: News of Napoleons defeat and abdication has stunned a navy and a nation bled by years of conflict. For Richard Bolitho a vision of a peaceful future at last seems attainable. But an unsympathetic Admiralty dispatches him to Malta where, in the familiar sea, Bolitho must confront the rena
Sword Of Honour
β Scribed by Alexander Kent
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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Sir Richard Bolitho returns from a wearing campaign in North American waters to take up a command in Malta. As England's long war with Napoleon reaches its end, will Richard Bolitho's longing for peaceβboth public and personalβbe fulfilled?
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