Description
| Product ID: | 9780099484264 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Richard Bolitho |
| Title: | Heart Of Oak |
| Authors: | Author: Alexander Kent |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical adventure fiction, Napoleonic War fiction, Historical adventure, Napoleonic War fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Onward, a new 38-gun frigate whose first mission is not war but diplomacy, as consort to the French frigate Nautilus. Under the burning sun of North Africa, Bolitho is keenly aware of the envy and ambition among his officers, the troubled, restless spirits of his midshipmen, and the old enemy's proximity. It is February 1818, and Adam Bolitho longs for marriage and a safe personal harbour. But with so much of Britain''s fleet redundant, he knows he is fortunate to be offered H.M.S. Onward, a new 38-gun frigate whose first mission is not war but diplomacy, as consort to the French frigate Nautilus. |
| Imprint Name: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Cornerstone |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-01-03 |