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Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if Colours Aloft! :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Colours Aloft! Colours Aloft! Richard Bolitho 18 Colours Aloft! Alexander Kent. Douglas Reeman. Falmouth, September As Bolitho faces the grim reality of war at close quarters, he will be called upon to anticipate the strategies of the French fleet. But the Colours Aloft! has also taken on a personal note, reviving his vendetta Colours Aloft! the French Admiral, Jobert, who once commanded the Argonaute. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Original Title. Richard Bolitho Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please Colours Aloft! up. To ask other readers questions about Colours Aloft! Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Colours Aloft! Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Colours Aloft! Richard Bolitho, Excellent story. Relentless action, vivid period detail, Colours Aloft! rich character insights. At first, Alexander Kent I will use his nom de plume for convenience and clarity was content to compare the fictional hero to the historical one. Then, he was putting them into the same historical actions, but from different perspective. Personally, I found this fascinating and creative, if not the essence of what a historical novel should do provide different perspectives, that is. But for all that I enjoyed Colors AloftI felt the hand might have been a bit overplayed. For those of us who knew the compassion under the character through so many novels, this was strange…but credible given the circumstances that pushed him. It was so easy for me to see this happening to a person like Bolitho and it made the naval action so much more intense and important. In fact, it was different enough Colours Aloft! keep me rapidly turning pages such as Colours Aloft! did in my first discovery of this Colours Aloft!. This high cost of war was vividly portrayed in this installment of the Bolitho legend. Even more vivid was the internecine pettiness which cost some of these lives. In earlier novels, the danger was not nearly evoked so eloquently. May 30, Colours Aloft! Wroblewski rated it it was amazing Shelves: douglas-reeman. Another exciting novel in the Bolitho series. Again it is during the British-French war in the early s. Kent manages to put new plots in his novels and this involves rescuing a girl from a British prison Colours Aloft! heading for Australia. And of course one of Colours Aloft! ship captains falls in love with her. On to Colours Aloft! next in the series. This book seemed rushed or like the editor insisted the author cut pages out. There were random characters introduced, pointless intrigue, and a somewhat sloppy tying up of loose ends. Not the author's best. The battle scenes were well-done, though. View 1 comment. Apr 14, Chris Smith rated it liked it. Quick entertaining read about the adventures of Colours Aloft! British navy during the Nepolianic war. The writing seemed a bit disjointed -- as if there was some heavy editing. I have finished it long time ago. It was not bad, but I have read better from that author. The plot is easy and very readable as always. It is simply I have a ship, he has a ship. He is enemy and my cannons like to shoot at the Colours Aloft!. Bolitho had as always obnoxious superiors and his ship was in love with him. I have strange feeling from that book, that author was trying to set the plot on the personal vendetta theme. French admiral is cartoon villain with cunning mind Colours Aloft! perfect naval strategis I have finished it long time ago. French admiral is cartoon villain with cunning mind of perfect naval strategist who had simply bad luck and he had his aft kicked more then once by our Richard Bolitho. It is indeed little boring. French admiral is artificially evil and hanging several British sailors was his most favourite past time after brooding about cold revenge on Bolitho. That frog really needed some vacation. Bolitho's personal life was mess too. He remarried and it was mistake on the both sides. Author was trying to point out that sir Richard was poor hubby with bitch on his back, but frankly said when he got married, he should Colours Aloft! brains not glands. Dec 09, Alex rated it liked it. I found the plot line of this book slightly harder to follow than normal ; although to be fair this may have been down to a particularly busy and stressful period Colours Aloft! work. Yet against chosen few are together again by a mysterious stroke of fate Somehow it was this aspect which detracted from the storyline for me. Much of it was very good writing about Colours Aloft! he manages to cope with the disability, and Colours Aloft! leadership is about an individuals attitude not necessarily what they can do. But at the same time it was Colours Aloft! if the author kept forgetting this limitation to Bolitho's sight when describing other aspects. Somewhat unconvincing in my opinion! As something to read this Colours Aloft! do. But, oh my goodness, how sketchily written, how skimpy. Compared to the fantastic Patrick O'Brian Colours Aloft! is weak beer. Unlike the twilight books which could Colours Aloft! done with less pages each, this one could have done with more flesh, more meat to chew over. The characters are cardboard, and the dialogue does not have the same O'Brian sparkle of wit, humour and insubordination. The plot is simple: there's this ship, it is commanded by a baddie, so it needs to get As something to read this will do. The plot is simple: there's this ship, it is commanded by a baddie, so it needs to get sunk. On the way, people Richard Bolitho makes new friends and loses old ones to grape shot. Colours Aloft! that's it. Ho hum Having thoroughly enjoyed all 20 of the late Patrick O'Brian's "Master and Commander" novels, I was initially excited at the thought of another series on the Royal navy during Colours Aloft! Napoleonic Wars. Unfortunately, I was disappointed in this book. One gory battle after another with little character development in between. Spoiler alert. The final hand to hand swordfight between the r This is the 16th in Alexander Kent's Richard Bolito novels but the first I have read. The final hand to hand swordfight between the rival admirals on the burning deck of the flagship was just too much. Alexander Kent – Audio Books, Best Sellers, Author Bio | The Bolitho novels are a series of nautical war novels written by Douglas Reeman using the pseudonym Alexander Kent. Richard Bolitho is a fictional Royal Navy officer who is the main character in a series of novels written by Douglas Reeman using the pseudonym Alexander Kent. Bolitho was born in in Falmouth, Cornwallin Colours Aloft! Britain, Colours Aloft! second son of a prestigious naval family. Colours Aloft! joined the navy in He served in the wars against France and the United States. He was promoted to lieutenant Colours Aloft!captain inand admiral in He died in action against the French in He played a significant role in driving the Americans back to Brooklyn Heights in Colours Aloft!, helping to secure a decisive British victory in the largest battle of the entire American Colours Aloft!. The name Bolitho is a common Cornish surnamebut Reeman says that he borrowed the name Richard Bolitho from a real person, "a distinguished old chap" he had met in the Channel Islands when he sailed his boat Colours Aloft!. Among his fellow officers, Bolitho was known for his tactical ingenuity, his daring, and his disregard of both convention and political expediency. He rose to high rank—despite the opposition of less competent men—because Colours Aloft! his ability to win crucial victories against seemingly impossible odds. Among the men of the fleet, Bolitho was known as a demanding but scrupulously fair and humane Colours Aloft!. The men sometimes referred to him, though never to his face, as "Equality Dick. Officers and men who served under Bolitho frequently chose, when given the chance, to do so again. Ships in the squadrons he commanded as a senior officer were frequently commanded by men who had served as his lieutenants when he was a captain. His most lasting relationships were with Thomas Herrick—a fellow officer and his oldest friend—and John Allday, a former Cornish shepherd who became Bolitho's coxswain and de facto bodyguard. Bolitho had a number of romances. One of the first was Viola Raymond, the wife of an English diplomat. She died while Bolitho and a small number of his crew were stranded in a boat in the tropics, but it was her courage and sacrifice that rallied the crew. Bolitho married twice. His first wife, Cheney Seton, died in a carriage accident whilst carrying their unborn child. His relationship with the second, Belinda, the mother of his child Elizabeth, deteriorated when it became clear that she was nothing like the person he thought he married and was a very selfish individual. Estranged from her and his daughter, he carried on an increasingly public affair with Lady Catherine Somervell, who was his wife in all but name until his death. Douglas Reeman uses some real locations as settings for his stories. The fictitious Bolitho ancestral home near Falmouth Colours Aloft! inspired by a house which Reeman Colours Aloft! and photographed in the Colours Aloft! at Philleigh near the King Harry Ferry in Cornwall. In reality, the house is not near Falmouth at all, so Reeman "relocated" it for his novels. However, the Church of King Charles the Martyrwhich occurs in the books, really does exist in Falmouth. Reeman's own Royal Navy career and lifelong interest in sailing inform his seafaring Colours Aloft!. Starting as a midshipman in destroyers he Colours Aloft! transferred to motor torpedo boats, where he was twice mentioned in Colours Aloft!. Adam Bolitho is a fictional Royal Navy officer who is the main character in a series of novels written by Douglas Reeman using the pseudonym Alexander Kentsucceeding the previous main character Richard Bolitho. Adam, the only son of Richard's disgraced older brother Hugh, was born in in PenzanceCornwall, shortly after Colours Aloft! father joined the revolution in America. Having been sent to Richard at the age of 14 by his dying mother, he joined the Royal Navyrising through the ranks to establish himself as a daring and resourceful frigate captain, as his uncle had once done. Adam's role in Colours Aloft! series steadily increases as Richard ages and achieves high rank. After Richard's death, he becomes the principal character in the series. There were also some omnibus editions which collected several Colours Aloft! from the series into one volume. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Archived from the Colours Aloft! on 10 June Retrieved 14 Colours Aloft! 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Bolitho's instructions are to assist in hastening the campaign Colours Aloft! Africa September England Colours Aloft! alone against France and the fleets of Spain, anticipating invasion New York, As the American Revolution rages on the mainland, the British Navy prepares for action at sea Despatched on a secret mission, the company of a gun frigate must face the hazards of conspiracy, treason Colours Aloft! piracy The gathering might of revolutionary France prepares to engulf Europe in another bloody war. As in the past, Britain will stand or fall by the fighting power of her Colours Aloft! DecemberColours Aloft!. The young Bolitho looks forward to a family Christmas in Cornwall while the Gorgon is refitted Spring Richard Bolitho is summoned to the Admiralty to receive his orders for a difficult and thankless mission JanuaryPortsmouth. His Britannic Majesty's frigate Phalarope is ordered to Colours Aloft! assistance Colours Aloft! the hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean It is Februaryand Adam Bolitho longs for marriage and a safe personal harbour Alexander Kent. Best Sellers. Add to Cart failed. Please try again later. Add to Wish List failed. Remove Colours Aloft! wishlist failed. Adding to library failed. Please try again. Follow podcast failed. Unfollow podcast failed. Free with day trial. Form Line of Battle! See all titles by Alexander Kent. Listeners also enjoy. Dewey Lambdin. Julian Stockwin. Philip K. James Keffer. Douglas Reeman. Max Hennessy. Are you an author? Help us improve our Author Pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography. Visit Amazon Author Central.