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Returning safely to England after the dramatic capture of Martinique, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds an all too brief respite from war and politics in the arms of his mistress, Lady Catherine Somervell. But the shadow of a new conflict already darkens the horizon. The old enemy, France, forges an uneasy alliance with America - threatening the safety of British trade routes.
Although ordered immediately to the Indian Ocean, for the first time Bolitho's thoughts are not of glory but his own - and the Navy's -past. Both Nelson and Collingwood died in their country's service. For the Navy's newest Admiral, is there life beyond the sea itself?
'As always, the detail, both on board and ashore, envelops
the reader in nineteenth-century life and fashions, emphasizing a way of life that too easily becomes a way of agony and death' SURREY ADVERTISER 'A tale of angry passion, envy and adventure' ^
NAVY NEWS 1
'One of om- foremost writers of naval fiction authentic, inspiring,...
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Returning safely to England after the dramatic capture of Martinique, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds an all too brief respite from war and politics in the arms of his mistress, Lady Catherine Somervell. But the shadow of a new conflict already darkens the horizon. The old enemy, France, forges an uneasy alliance with America - threatening the safety of British trade routes.
Although ordered immediately to the Indian Ocean, for the first time Bolitho's thoughts are not of glory but his own - and the Navy's -past. Both Nelson and Collingwood died in their country's service. For the Navy's newest Admiral, is there life beyond the sea itself?
'As always, the detail, both on board and ashore, envelops
the reader in nineteenth-century life and fashions, emphasizing a way of life that too easily becomes a way of agony and death' SURREY ADVERTISER 'A tale of angry passion, envy and adventure' ^
NAVY NEWS 1
'One of om- foremost writers of naval fiction authentic, inspiring, well characterized and, finally, moving' SUNDAY TIMES The battle scenes are described so vividly that , Alexander Kent must surely have been there himself i^.-a previous incarnation' #
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' THE DARKENING SEA is the twenty-first Alex^der Kent naval adventure featuring Richard Bolitho. It is the chronological sequel to BEYOND THE REE?,
also available in Pan Books.
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