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See You at the Bar by David Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Mediterranean, early 1940s. Lieutenant Harry Gilmour, captain of the S-Class submarine HMS Scourge, has been tasked with patrolling the Mediterranean and supporting operations for the Allied forces. Someone, however, is on his tail: Captain Charles ‘the Bonny Boy’ Bonalleck VC, who cannot forget Lt Gilmour calling him out on his conduct during an operation early in the war... -
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Marathon by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Battle of Marathon in 490 BC was one of history's great turning points - the first time the Greeks managed to defeat the Persians in a pitched battle, it enabled the rise of classical Greek civilization. As John Stuart Mill famously put it, 'The Battle of Marathon, even as an event in British history, is more important than the Battle of Hastings...Categorized as:
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Coldsmith by Ron Schwab
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratings...Categorized as:
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Salamis by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsArimnestos of Plataea has already lived through several lifetimes' worth of adventure, from being a rich man's slave in Ephesus to winning glory at the battle of Marathon against the might of the Persian Empire. But the gods - and the Persians - aren't finished with him yet... -
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![The Cape Raider by Justin Fox]()
The Cape Raider by Justin Fox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA fight to the death in foreign seas…1940Scarred – physically and emotionally – by the brutal warfare at Dunkirk, Jack Pembroke decides to leave his home in England to join his father, Admiral Pembroke, in the South African Cape...Categorized as:
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![Where Butterflies Dream by Cindy Brandner]()
Where Butterflies Dream by Cindy Brandner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEach of us carries within a map of memory. The map is worn at the folds--sometimes right through--and so place names are missing first letters or last or have a hole through the middle. We carry those maps with us always, and this map is mine--an island on the edge of the world and beyond it a place of dragons and sunken cities with bells that still ring a thousand years on.. -
![Galloglass Book Four : And Behold A Pale Horse by Seamus O'Griffin]()
Galloglass Book Four : And Behold A Pale Horse by Seamus O'Griffin
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe adventure continues. Ronan returns to Islay facing trouble in Ireland and the Isles. War is on the horizon. Feuds and vendettas mix with politics as the nobility of Ireland. Scotland and the Isles choose sides and make preparations for the trouble to come...Categorized as:
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![Fast Ice by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown]()
Fast Ice by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKurt Austin races to Antarctica to stop a chilling plot that imperils the entire planet in the latest novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling Grand Master of Adventure.After a former NUMA colleague disappears while researching the icebergs of Antarctica, Kurt Austin and his assistant Joe Zavala embark for the freezing edge of the world to investigate... -
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Storm Tide by Wilbur Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe brand-new historical epic from the bestselling master of adventure, Wilbur Smith'Best Historical Novelist' Stephen King1774. Rob Courtney has spent his whole life in a quiet trading outpost on the east coast of Africa, dreaming of a life of adventure at sea...Categorized as:
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![The Girl on the Carpathia - A Novel of the Titanic by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts]()
The Girl on the Carpathia - A Novel of the Titanic by Eileen Enwright Hodgetts
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA tragic collision with an iceberg. A ruthless quest to assign blame. Can one young woman stand her ground in the face of a deadly mob? North Atlantic Ocean, 1912. Kate Royston longs to bury her family’s shame. Struggling to start a new life on board the Carpathia, she’s startled by her own tenacity as she helps rescue the Titanic’s desperate survivors... -
![The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower: A Biography of C. S. Forester's Famous Naval Hero by C. Northcote Parkinson]()
The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower: A Biography of C. S. Forester's Famous Naval Hero by C. Northcote Parkinson
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMany know of Horatio Hornblower's exploits during the Napoleonic Wars through the novels of C.S. Forester, but how many know the true Hornblower—the man who rose from Midshipman to Admiral of the British Fleet? Using Hornblower family papers discovered in the 1970s, C. Northcote Parkinson has set the record straight in this authoritative biography...Categorized as:
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![Somewhere in the South Pacific by John J. Gobbell]()
Somewhere in the South Pacific by John J. Gobbell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInspired by the true story of John F. Kennedy's daring naval mission at the height of World War II, this historical thriller brings the unanswered question of the past to life with fast-paced action and vivid detail... -
![A World Apart by Gretta Curran Browne]()
A World Apart by Gretta Curran Browne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Michael Dwyer story continues ... powerful in its drama and truth ... and his fame in the history of Ireland begins.Now a close friend of Robert Emmet, Michael does everything in his power to help the young aristocrat succeed in his revolutionary aims, but traitors abound everywhere, attempting to bring down both young men... -
![The Far Horizon by Marsha Canham]()
The Far Horizon by Marsha Canham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Far Horizon is the fourth and final installment in the Award-Winning Pirate Wolf series. The series follows the Dante family through forty years of turbulent sea adventures, beginning with the patriarch fighting alongside Sir Francis Drake, and ending with Jonas Dante's pursuit of revenge.Jonas Dante is the eldest son of Simon Dante, the infamous Pirate Wolf... -
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![Love With An Improper Stranger by Barbara Devlin]()
Love With An Improper Stranger by Barbara Devlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 7 in the Brethren of the Coast series. After her father is killed on the battlefield, Lenore Teversham, along with her younger sister Lucilla, is stranded on the Continent and must rely on the generosity of a stranger for safe passage to London...Categorized as:
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![Wheel of the Fates by J. Boyce Gleason]()
Wheel of the Fates by J. Boyce Gleason
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIT IS 742. The throne is empty; the pagan states are in rebellion; Charles Martel’s widow and youngest son have been imprisoned, and trust between Carloman and Pippin—the two brothers who remain in power—has been shattered... -
![Galloglass Book Two:: Defender of the Realm by Seamus O'Griffin]()
Galloglass Book Two:: Defender of the Realm by Seamus O'Griffin
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe adventure continues as Ronan MacAlasdair is drawn deeper into the political intrigues and rivalries of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and Acre. New dangers arise as the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt moves closer to a war whose ultimate goal is to drive the last remaining Crusaders in the Holy Land into the sea... -
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Galloglass by Seamus O'Griffin
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEpic high adventure, Galloglass details the story of Ronan MacAlasdair,grandson of Angus Mor MacDonald, Lord of the Isles. Given to the Templars to save him from outlawry,the story takes the young Isleman from Islay to the Levant where he comes to manhood and finds fame, surviving intrigue, battle and seige. A rousing story with adult themes, this is the first in a series... -
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Tom Swan and the Head of St. George Part Five: Rhodes by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA young Englishman, Tom Swan, has been ordered by his Cardinal to find a spy-a traitor. At the same time, a rich merchant has offered him a great deal of money to-well, to steal something. Something that belonged to Alexander the Great.Suddenly he's not a thief or a merchant or a scholar-he's a 'donat' or volunteer with the knights of St...Categorized as:
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![Tom Swan and the Head of St. George Part Six: Chios by Christian Cameron]()
Tom Swan and the Head of St. George Part Six: Chios by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA young Englishman, Tom Swan, finds himself in the midst of the Turkish siege of one of the riches islands in the Genoese Empire. Swan's biggest problem is that he hates the Genoese a good deal more than he hates the Turks. Despite which, he has to catch the spy, steal the ring, kill the traitor, and if possible rescue the princess. Or maybe just bed her.All duty, of course... -
![The Captain's Nephew by Philip K. Allan]()
The Captain's Nephew by Philip K. Allan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a century of war, revolutions, and Imperial conquests, 1790s Europe is still embroiled in a battle for control of the sea and colonies. Tall ships navigate familiar and foreign waters, and ambitious young men without rank or status seek their futures in Naval commands. First Lieutenant Alexander Clay of the frigate Agrius is self-made, clever, and ready for the new age...Categorized as:
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![Blood on the Crown by Griff Hosker]()
Blood on the Crown by Griff Hosker
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBlood on the Crown is set in the latter half of the fourteenth century. Will son of Harry is about to join one of the freebooting mercenaries who serve the Black Prince in Gascony and Spain. Soldiers of fortune they fight for pay and for loot...Categorized as:
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![The King's Marauder by Dewey Lambdin]()
The King's Marauder by Dewey Lambdin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe year 1807 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy. His frigate HMS Reliant has a new captain, he’s living at his father’s estate at Anglesgreen, among spiteful neighbors and family, and he’s recovering from a wound suffered in the South Atlantic. At last, there’s a bright spot... -
![Enemy in Sight by Alexander Kent, Douglas Reeman]()
Enemy in Sight by Alexander Kent, Douglas Reeman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAboard the Hyperion, Richard Bolitho sets sail with an untrained crew for blockade duty off France. Unfortunately, his superior, Commodore Mathias Pelham-Martin, is an incompetent egotist whose petty hostilities jeopardize the operation of an entire fleet...Categorized as:
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![Дневникът на капитан Блъд by Rafael Sabatini, Рафаел Сабатини]()
Дневникът на капитан Блъд by Rafael Sabatini, Рафаел Сабатини
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFurther adventures from the much-loved Captain Blood, the 'Robin Hood' of the Spanish Seas. In his latest exploits, The Chronicles of Captain Blood takes him to new adventures with as much excitement and swashbuckling adventure as ever before... -
![The Reliance by M.L. Tyndall]()
The Reliance by M.L. Tyndall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTormented by his wife's apparent demise, Edmund Merrick sails away to drown his sorrows--only to find himself trapped in the dark world of a demented Frenchman. When his mind clears from its rum-induced haze, will Edmund find the will to escape? Seemingly abandoned by her husband, Charlisse is thrown into the clutches of the vengeful pirate Kent...Categorized as:
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![To Glory We Steer by Alexander Kent]()
To Glory We Steer by Alexander Kent
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlexander Kent is the pseudonym of Douglas Reeman, a contemporary British writer. Reeman joined the British Navy at 16 and served on destroyers and small crafts during World War II, eventually rising to lieutenant. He later worked as a London detective and has served as a script advisor for television and film. He travels extensively, scouting locations for his books...Categorized as:
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![Sloop of War by Alexander Kent, Douglas Reeman]()
Sloop of War by Alexander Kent, Douglas Reeman
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe year is 1778, the ship is the 18-gun HMS Sparrow, England's finest sloop of war, and the Captain is Richard Bolitho, sailing his command into the fury of battle...Categorized as:
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![The Devil's Horizon by Matt Tomerlin]()
The Devil's Horizon by Matt Tomerlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Golden Age of Piracy is drawing to a close. Captain Guy Dillahunt recklessly pursues the infamous Charles Vane across the Caribbean, risking the lives of his entire crew for one last chance at glory. Former strumpet Jacqueline Calloway uncovers a dark destiny she never could have imagined. The dashing Gabe Jenkins attempts to right the wrongs of his past, and meets an enemy he does not expect...Categorized as:
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![Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Three: Constantinople by Christian Cameron]()
Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Three: Constantinople by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who've taken him captive. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns... -
![King Henry's Champion by Griff Hosker]()
King Henry's Champion by Griff Hosker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Empress has given England a male heir but that single action unleashes rebels in Scotland and in Normandy who try to wrest Normandy and England from King Henry. When the Earl of Cleveland becomes his champion it unleashes a storm of murder and treachery at the very heart of the Earl's world, a world heading towards anarchy and civil war...Categorized as:
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![A Colorado Christmas by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone]()
A Colorado Christmas by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY At the Sugarloaf Ranch, Smoke and Sally Jensen prepare to welcome Preacher home for the holidays—unaware that their friend is trailed by a storm full of trouble. On a mission of vengeance, an old trapper is rescued by Ace and Chance Jensen from ruthless outlaws—and wanted by a driven bounty hunter named Luke Jensen... -
![The Wayward Son by Gretta Curran Browne]()
The Wayward Son by Gretta Curran Browne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the mid 19th century, on the beautiful Island of Mull, the largest of Scotland’s Western Isles, on the estate of Jarvisfield owned by Lachlan Macquarie Jnr – a young man deeply unhappy with his lot in life... -
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Rome by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA young Englishman, Tom Swan, is badly wounded in a desperate sea fight. When he wakes in a hospital, he's in one of the last towns in Greece holding out against the Turks. And there aren't any women to be found. Rich men vie to hire him, and they all seem to want the same thing-a fabulous jewel made for Alexander the Great.He's not a professional soldier... -
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![To Risks Unknown: an all-action tale of naval warfare set at the height of WW2 from the master storyteller of the sea by Douglas Reeman]()
To Risks Unknown: an all-action tale of naval warfare set at the height of WW2 from the master storyteller of the sea by Douglas Reeman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMulti-million copy bestselling author Douglas Reeman is the master of naval fiction and this action-packed, high-octane WW2 historical adventure is no exception. Jam-packed with tension, drama and all-guns-blazing warfare, it's perfect for fans of Clive Cussler, Bernard Cornwell and Wilbur Smith...Categorized as:
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![Caribbee by Julian Stockwin]()
Caribbee by Julian Stockwin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the captain of a useful frigate, Thomas Kydd is claimed by the Leeward Islands station, exchanging the harsh situation in South America for the warmth and delights of the Caribbean. It's a sea change for Kydd, who revisits the places and people that figured in his time as a young seaman. Some are nostalgic and pleasing, while others bring challenges of a personal nature...Categorized as:
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![Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Two: Venice by Christian Cameron]()
Tom Swan and the Head of St George Part Two: Venice by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratings1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who've taken him captive. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns...Categorized as:
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![Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by A.C. Crispin]()
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by A.C. Crispin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwenty-five-year-old Jack Sparrow is a clean-cut merchant seaman pursuing a legitimate career as a first mate for the East India Trading Company. He sometimes thinks back to his boyhood pirating days, but he doesn't miss Teague's scrutiny or the constant threat of the noose...Categorized as:
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![Crash Dive by Craig DiLouie]()
Crash Dive by Craig DiLouie
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA WWII naval thriller in the tradition of the Hornblower series ... October, 1942. The United States and the Empire of Japan are at war. Charlie Harrison, a young and ambitious lieutenant, reports for duty aboard the S-55, a worn-out WWI-era submarine...Categorized as:
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![Havoc's Sword by Dewey Lambdin]()
Havoc's Sword by Dewey Lambdin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDewey Lambdin's lovable but incorrigible rogue, Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is back to cut a wide and wicked swatch through the war-torn Caribbean in Havoc's Sword, an entirely new high seas adventure.It's 1798, and Lewrie and his crew of the Proteus frigate have their work cut out for them. First, he has rashly vowed to uphold a friend's honor in a duel to the death...Categorized as:
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Tenacious by Julian Stockwin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis book finds Thomas Kydd aboard Tenacious, part of a small squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson. Its mission is to scour the Mediterranean and locate Napoleon and his army. Kydd's newly fired ambition leads him to volunteer for shore service in the capture of Minorca...Categorized as:
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Command by Julian Stockwin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this seventh book of the series, Thomas Kydd is master of his own brig-sloop Teazer and he must race the clock to make her battle-ready to defend Malta against Barbary pirates and the French, who are frantically trying to rescue the remnants of their army in the Levant. Suddenly, peace is declared, and the young captain finds himself ashore...Categorized as:
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![Second to None by Alexander Kent]()
Second to None by Alexander Kent
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJune 1815: On the eve of Waterloo, a sense of finality and cautious hope pervade a nation wearied by decades of war. But peace will present its own challenge to Adam Bolitho, captain of His Majesty's Ship Unrivalled, as many of his contemporaries face the prospect of discharge... -
![A King's Trade by Dewey Lambdin]()
A King's Trade by Dewey Lambdin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"The powder-packed thirteenth installment in a classic naval adventure series...Categorized as:
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![The Invasion Year by Dewey Lambdin]()
The Invasion Year by Dewey Lambdin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Invasion Year is the seventeenth tale in Dewey Lambdin's smashing naval adventure series...Categorized as:
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![King, Ship, and Sword by Dewey Lambdin]()
King, Ship, and Sword by Dewey Lambdin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE SIXTEENTH TALE IN DEWEY LAMBDIN'S CLASSIC NAVAL ADVENTURE SERIESDecember 1801. The Peace of Amiens end the long war with Napoleon Bonaparte's France, but Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is appalled by its consequences... -
![The Baltic Gambit by Dewey Lambdin]()
The Baltic Gambit by Dewey Lambdin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJanuary 1801, and Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, known as “St. Alan the Liberator” for freeing (stealing!) a dozen black slaves on Jamaica to man his frigate years before, is at last being brought to trial for it, with his life on the line... -
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Hostile Shores by Dewey Lambdin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Lambdin is closing on Patrick O'Brian as the most prolific historical novelist to celebrate a Royal Navy mariner." —Washington Times In 1805, with news of Admiral Nelson's death fresh on his mind, Captain Lewrie's HMS Reliant joins up in the voyage that will culminate in the Battle of Cape Town, in which the British wrested control of South Africa from the Dutch... -
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Pirate by Steven Becker
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter decades at sea, pirate legend Jose' Gasparilla is prepared to retire. As he and his crew split their treasure, the promise of one final prize lures the ship back into action. Little do they know that the purported riches are nothing but a trap set by the fledgling U.S. Navy! With the crew decimated and the treasure scattered, a new leader must rise from the defeat...Categorized as:
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![Form Line of Battle by Alexander Kent, Douglas Reeman]()
Form Line of Battle by Alexander Kent, Douglas Reeman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe year is 1793, and England is once again at war. For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities with France means a fresh command and the chance for action after months of inactivity...Categorized as:
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