Enemy in Sight!

by Alexander Kent

Overview

Aboard the Hyperion, Richard Bolitho sets sail with an untrained crew for blockade duty off France. Unfortunately, his superior, Commodore Mathias Pelham-Martin, is an incompetent egotist whose petty hostilities jeopardize the operation of an entire fleet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590132432
Publisher:	McBooks Press
Publication date:	04/01/1999
Series:	Bolitho Series , #12
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	161,089
File size:	691 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

These are the four most recent titles in Kent's ongoing adventures of 18th-century fighting British sailor Richard Bolitho. Good fun for fans of nautical fiction. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

"It's a turbulent passage from the Bay of Biscay to the Caribbean, with plenty of action along the way."  —New York Times Book Review



"The author succeeds in combining the human touch with rousing sea battles; both action scenes and characterizations are vivid."  —Library Journal

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