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 Evelyn Waugh
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2012;2011
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 457 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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