Alexander Kent 
Sloop Of War 
(The Richard Bolitho adventures: 6): a swashbuckling naval tale of derring do and all-action adventure from the master storyteller of the sea

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

”Mr Kent is Forester”s 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
”Couldn”t 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.

Bolitho”s adventures continue in To Glory We Steer.