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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherMcbooks Press, Incorporated
ISBN-101590130669
ISBN-139781590130667
eBay Product ID (ePID)2476318
Product Key Features
Book TitleMan of War
Number of Pages318 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWar & Military, Historical
Publication Year2004
GenreFiction
AuthorAlexander Kent
Book SeriesThe Bolitho Novels Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height6 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width0.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-010375
Reviews"The Horatio Hornblower novels of C.S. Forester were among the most genuinely satisfying novels of the last forty years, and now that Alexander Kent is patrolling the same sea lanes, the stories are as good as ever." - The New York Times, "All the briny echoes of fictional marine heroes can be heard again in these rip-rousing tales of naval warfare . . . as the stalwart Bolitho gains the trust of his crew and admiration of his superiors." -- The Saturday Evening Post, "The Horatio Hornblower novels of C.S. Forester were among the most genuinely satisfying novels of the last forty years, and now that Alexander Kent is patrolling the same sea lanes, the stories are as good as ever." -- The New York Times, "All the briny echoes of fictional marine heroes can be heard again in these rip-rousing tales of naval warfare . . . as the stalwart Bolitho gains the trust of his crew and admiration of his superiors." - The Saturday Evening Post
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume Number26
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisCaptain Adam Bolitho, of the 74-gun Athena, sails to the West Indies as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune, who had been a friend of Adam's uncle, Richard. In the torrid waters of the Caribbean, they take on a renegade foe that knows no honor, offers no quarter, and traffics in human life., In 1817 every harbor and estuary in Antigua is filled with ghostly ships, superfluous in the aftermath of war. In this uneasy peace, Adam Bolitho is offered the 74-gun Athena, a notoriously "unlucky" ship, and as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune he once more follows his destiny to the Caribbean.