Sloop of War

The 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. The American Revolution has turned the Atlantic coast into a refuge for privateers and marauding French warships, and it is up to young Bolitho to fight the colonial rebels, to stave off the treachery of a beautiful woman, and to overcome the dangerous incompetence of a senior officer before it is too late.

Author: Alexander Kent
Publisher: McBooks Press
Published: 10/01/1998
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.48w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780935526486
ISBN10: 093552648X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | War & Military
- Fiction | Sea Stories

About the Author
Alexander Kent, pen name of Douglas Edward Reeman, joined the British Navy at 16, serving on destroyers and small craft during World War II, and eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant. He has taught navigation to yachtsmen and has served as a script adviser for television and films. His books have been translated into nearly two dozen languages.