{"product_id":"9780099493891-command-a-kings-ship","title":"Command A King's Ship","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(The Richard Bolitho adventures: 8)\u003cbr\u003eIn March 1784, at a time when most of the fleet was laid up, His Majesty's frigate Undine weighed anchor at Spithead to begin a voyage to India and far beyond. As her new captain, Richard Bolitho was glad to go, despite the nature of his orders and the immensity of the voyage - for he was leaving an England suffering from the aftermath of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulti-million copy seller Alexander Kent, brings us another adrenalin-fuelled maritime page-turner full of swashbuckling action and derring-do. Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will not be disappointed!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The battle scenes are described so vividly that Alexander Kent must surely have been there himself in a previous incarnation' -- \u003ci\u003eThe Nautical Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As ever, Kent evokes the blood and smoke of battle in crimson-vivid prose' -- \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tale of angry passion, envy and adventure' -- \u003ci\u003eBookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Great story, great characters, plenty of action' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As usual, the master writer has done it again' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Could not put the book down once started'-- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*********************************************************************************************\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1784\u003c\/b\u003e: at a time when most of the fleet is laid up, \u003cb\u003eHis Majesty's frigate \u003ci\u003eUndine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e weighs anchor at \u003cb\u003eSpithead\u003c\/b\u003e to begin a voyage to \u003cb\u003eIndia\u003c\/b\u003e and far beyond. As her new captain, \u003cb\u003eRichard Bolitho\u003c\/b\u003e is glad to go, despite the nature of his orders and the immensity of the voyage - for he is leaving an England still suffering from the aftermath of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut he is to learn that signatures on proud documents do not necessarily make a lasting peace, and finds himself involved in a conflict as ruthless as the one which had given him his first command during the war with France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an uneasy peace, the expansion of trade and colonial development in little-known areas of \u003cb\u003ethe East Indies\u003c\/b\u003e soon push aside the pretence and bring the guns' fury into the open.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is no set line of battle or declared cause to rally \u003ci\u003eUndine\u003c\/i\u003e's small company, but the dangers and \u003cb\u003ethe endless demands have to be faced by the man who commands the only King's ship available\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBolitho's adventures continue in \u003ci\u003ePassage to Mutiny\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31144787345505,"sku":"9780099493891","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32338583.jpg?v=1737186116","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099493891-command-a-kings-ship","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}