Sloop Of War

Multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent, brings us another rip-roaring and riveting maritime page-turner. Fans of Patrick OBrian and C. S. Forester will not be disappointed!

Mr Kent is Foresters direct heir, and is rapidly showing himself an equal in the genre. -- Sunday Times
C. S. Forester never wrote a more exciting novel than Alexander Kent. -- New York Times Book Review
A splendid yarn -- The Times
A tale of angry passion, envy and adventure -- Bookseller
Boy, is this good stuff! Can hardly wait to pick up the next book -- ***** Reader review
The author knows how to keep the reader enthralled -- ***** Reader review
Hard to stop reading -- ***** Reader review
Couldnt put it down from start to finish -- ***** Reader review
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1778: a seminal year for the young Richard Bolitho... The American War of Independence changes to an all-out struggle for freedom from British rule - and Bolitho takes command of the Sparrow, a small, fast and well-armed sloop of war.

As the pace of war increases, the Sparrow is called from one crisis to another - and when the great fleets of Britain and France convene on the Chesapeake, Bolitho has to throw aside the early dreams of his first command to find maturity in a sea battle that might decide the fate of a whole continent.

Bolithos adventures continue in To Glory We Steer.