Stand into Danger (Richard Bolitho #2)
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- Synopsis
- Richard Bolitho, popular hero of a dozen swashbuckling sagas about His Majesty's Navy in the age of sail, swings into roaring action in this new novel by Britain's greatest writer of eighteenth-century naval fiction. Appointed a third lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1774 at the age of eighteen, Bolitho joins HMS Destiny at Plymouth. Though he comes to appreciate his promotion at a time when most of the fleet is laid up, his good fortune is clouded by personal tragedy, and he is warned by his captain that the young lieutenant's loyalty is to him, the ship, and His Britannic Majesty--in that order. Dispatched on a secret mission far south to Rio, then to the Caribbean, Destiny and her crew confront the hazards of conspiracy, treason, and piracy-and Bolitho faces the loss of his first love. But the grim realities of life under sail on a man-of-war, the thunder and smoke of sea battles and bloody hand-to-hand skirmishes begin to mold the young lieutenant into the very model of a Royal Navy officer.
- Copyright:
- 1980
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 296 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780399125393
- Publisher:
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 04/24/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Highseas Authors Ltd.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Military, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature
- Reading Age:
- 14 and up
- Submitted By:
- Melba June Thompson
- Proofread By:
- Lynn Thompson
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.