Second to None
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Adam Bolitho, captain of the ship Unrivalled, fells he is alone in the dawning of the new age of the Royal Navy.
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Deze maritieme avonturenreeks dompelt lezers onder in de tumultueuze wateren van het begin van de 19e eeuw, terwijl Europa worstelt met de nasleep van de Napoleontische oorlogen. Volg de reizen van ambitieuze commandanten die zich een weg banen door verraderlijke intriges, hevige gevechten en morele dilemma's op zee en aan land. De serie beeldt meesterlijk strategische zeeslagen, persoonlijke offers en de erecode uit die zeemanshelden definieert tijdens een periode van immense wereldwijde onrust.
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Relentless Pursuit
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But all efforts of the British anti-slavery patrols to curb a flourishing trade in human life are hampered by unsuitable ships, by the indifference of a government more concerned with old enemies made distrustful allies, and by the continuing belligerence of the Dey of Algiers, which threatens to ignite a full-scale war.
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Man Of War
- 416bladzijden
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Antigua 1817Every harbour and estuary is filled with ghostly ships, the famous and the legendary now redundant in the aftermath of the war. In this uneasy peace, Adam Bolitho is fortunate to be offered the seventy-four gun Athena, and as flag captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune once more follows his destiny to the Caribbean.
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Heart Of Oak
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Onward, a new 38-gun frigate whose first mission is not war but diplomacy, as consort to the French frigate Nautilus. It is only when Nautilus becomes a sacrificial offering on the altar of empire that every man discovers the brotherhood of the sea is more powerful than the bitter memories of an... číst celé
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In the King's Name
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A searing and gripping tale of trouble on the high seas, and of the weakness of the human spirit, In the King's Name heralds the return of our greatest living maritime writer and the legendary Adam Bolitho.