Book description
In the spring of 1797 Richard Bolitho brings the 100-gun
Euryalus home to Falmouth to be flagship of the hastily formed
squadron which has been chosen to make the first British re-entry to
the Mediterranean for nearly a year. As flag captain, Bolitho is made
to contend with the unyielding attitudes of his new admiral, as well
as the devious requirements of the squadron's civilian advisor.
England is still stunned by the naval mutiny at Spithead, in which
Bolitho's admiral was personally involved, and as the squadron sets
sail the air is already alive with rumour of an even greater uprising
in the ships at the Nore. Only when the squadron is drawn to a bloody
embrace with the enemy does the admiral see the strength in Bolitho's
trust and care for his men - but by then it is almost too late for any
of them.
Alexander Kent is the author of twenty-seven acclaimed books
featuring Richard Bolitho. Under his own name, Douglas Reeman, and in
the course of a career spanning forty-five years, he has written over
thirty novels and two non-fiction books.
