The Only Victor

by Alexander Kent

Overview

February 1806: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho carries the news of Trafalgar to southern Africa, where he is to aid British ground forces in any way he can to retake Cape Town from the Dutch. Impatient to be home, Bolitho decides yet again that the boldest measures are best, and proves to the army that brave men do not die in vain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590132197
Publisher:	McBooks Press
Publication date:	04/01/2000
Series:	Bolitho Series , #20
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	281,735
File size:	649 KB

About the Author

Alexander Kent, pen name of Douglas Edward Reeman, joined the British Navy at 16, serving on destroyers and small craft during World War II, and eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant. He has taught navigation to yachtsmen and has served as a script adviser for television and films. His books have been translated into nearly two dozen languages.

Editorial Reviews

"One of our foremost writers of Naval Fiction."

Sunday Times

"Kent's descriptions of ships under sail . . . crackle with realism."  —Library Journal

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