The Flag CaptainRowman & Littlefield, 1 окт. 1999 г. - Всего страниц: 384 April 1797, Falmouth Bay. As France continues her bitter struggle for supremacy on land and sea, the Royal Navy receives a crippling blow at home: the Great Mutiny. Returning home after eighteen-months' service, Flag Captain Richard Bolitho finds himself at the center of the crisis. |
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... Perhaps that was the answer to his uncertainty and apprehension. For eighteen months they had been employed on blockade and later the watch over the southern approaches of Ireland. A French attempt to invade Ireland and start an upris ...
... Perhaps that was the answer to his uncertainty and apprehension. For eighteen months they had been employed on blockade and later the watch over the southern approaches of Ireland. A French attempt to invade Ireland and start an upris ...
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... perhaps it was more instinct than calculations. Even before he had been bundled off to sea as a gawky twelve-year-old midshipman he had learned every cove and inlet around Falmouth and several miles in either direction as well. Even so ...
... perhaps it was more instinct than calculations. Even before he had been bundled off to sea as a gawky twelve-year-old midshipman he had learned every cove and inlet around Falmouth and several miles in either direction as well. Even so ...
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... perhaps to the hero of the Siege of Troy, but it was enough to strike fear into the heart of any enemy who might see it and know what was about to follow. For the great three-decker was a force to be reckoned with. Built at Brest by one ...
... perhaps to the hero of the Siege of Troy, but it was enough to strike fear into the heart of any enemy who might see it and know what was about to follow. For the great three-decker was a force to be reckoned with. Built at Brest by one ...
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... Perhaps your new admiral will appreciate as I do what sort of a man you are, and be more able to ensure . . .” He broke off in a fit of coughing, the soiled handkerchief balled against his mouth until the convulsion had passed. He said ...
... Perhaps your new admiral will appreciate as I do what sort of a man you are, and be more able to ensure . . .” He broke off in a fit of coughing, the soiled handkerchief balled against his mouth until the convulsion had passed. He said ...
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... Perhaps it had been a good thing for them both, Bolitho thought. The added responsibility, his growing awareness of strategy and tactics, involving not just one but several vessels in company, had given him less time to. F. 18 THE LAG ...
... Perhaps it had been a good thing for them both, Bolitho thought. The added responsibility, his growing awareness of strategy and tactics, involving not just one but several vessels in company, had given him less time to. F. 18 THE LAG ...
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5 A Bad Beginning | 87 |
6 Ships in Company | 108 |
7 Broadside | 126 |
8 The Prize | 150 |
13 Second Chance | 246 |
14 A Fearsome Place | 267 |
15 Retribution and Darkness | 288 |
16 An Affair of Honour | 307 |
17 Reunion | 326 |
18 The Trap | 341 |
19 A Ship of War | 355 |
Epilogue | 378 |
9 A New Enemy | 168 |
10 Survival | 183 |
11 An End to the Waiting | 206 |
12 The Fortress | 224 |
Back Cover | 385 |
Spine | 386 |
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aboard added admiral Allday already appeared asked attack ball battle beneath better boat Bolitho Broughton cabin called Calvert Captain carried clear close command course dark deck door doubt Draffen enemy Euryalus expected eyes face feel feet felt fight fire flag followed French frigate give glanced glass guns hands hard head heard hope hull imagined Inch Keverne knew land leave lieutenant light looked marines Meheux mind moved never nodded officer once orders passed past paused perhaps poop quarter quarterdeck quietly rail reached realised replied rest round sail seamen seemed ship shouted side sight signal slowly smiled smoke soon sounded squadron standing stern stood sudden suddenly sword tell thing thought took trying turned voice waited walked watched wind Witrand yards