Enemy In Sight: (The Richard Bolitho adventures: 12): an all-action, all-guns-blazing adventure on the high seas from the master storyteller of the sea
Feb 2010 · Richard Bolitho Book 12 · Random House
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Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will love this engrossing and enthralling naval adventure from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent. You'll be gripped from page one!
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times
'As a former naval officer, Alexander Kent knows what it is like to be at sea' -- The Times
'Impossible to put down!' -- ***** Reader review
'Plenty of action and intrigue to keep you wanting to read just one more chapter' -- ***** Reader review
'As ever, the author keeps you totally involved. A true page turner.' -- ***** Reader review
'A jolly good read and difficult to put down' -- ***** Reader review
'Outstanding' -- ***** Reader review
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1794: as the year draws to a close Richard Bolitho, commanding the old Hyperion, leaves Plymouth to join a squadron blockading the rising power of Revolutionary France. After six months of repairs his ship is ready to fight again, but her company is mostly raw and untrained.
Unfortunately, Bolitho finds himself under a commodore who is no match for the French admiral, Lequiller, whose powerful squadron uses guile and ruthless determination to elude him and vanish into the Atlantic. Hyperion gives chase, the desperate voyage taking them from the Bay of Biscay's squall to the heat of the Caribbean - and for each mile sailed and every battle fought, Bolitho finds himself being forced into the ever more demanding role of strategist and squadron commander.
Is he up to the challenge?
Bolitho's adventures continue in The Flag Captain.
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times
'As a former naval officer, Alexander Kent knows what it is like to be at sea' -- The Times
'Impossible to put down!' -- ***** Reader review
'Plenty of action and intrigue to keep you wanting to read just one more chapter' -- ***** Reader review
'As ever, the author keeps you totally involved. A true page turner.' -- ***** Reader review
'A jolly good read and difficult to put down' -- ***** Reader review
'Outstanding' -- ***** Reader review
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1794: as the year draws to a close Richard Bolitho, commanding the old Hyperion, leaves Plymouth to join a squadron blockading the rising power of Revolutionary France. After six months of repairs his ship is ready to fight again, but her company is mostly raw and untrained.
Unfortunately, Bolitho finds himself under a commodore who is no match for the French admiral, Lequiller, whose powerful squadron uses guile and ruthless determination to elude him and vanish into the Atlantic. Hyperion gives chase, the desperate voyage taking them from the Bay of Biscay's squall to the heat of the Caribbean - and for each mile sailed and every battle fought, Bolitho finds himself being forced into the ever more demanding role of strategist and squadron commander.
Is he up to the challenge?
Bolitho's adventures continue in The Flag Captain.
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Warren Oxford-Huggett
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December 30, 2014
One of the best I have read as yet. Wonderful. Gripping.
Dennis Cousins
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September 22, 2022
Great read
About the author
Douglas Reeman did convoy duty in the navy in the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the North Sea.He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty best-selling historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.
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