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They focus on the military careers of richard bolitho and adam bolitho in the royal navy, from the time of the american revolution past the napoleonic era. Published in 1975, it introduces the reader to 16 year old richard bolitho as he boards his second ship, the hms gorgon. Hero richard bolitho arrives at an inn that is often frequented by midshipmen in portsmouth, where he meets martyn dancer, a midshipman who is also 16 years of age. As an international bestseller whose readers are numbered in millions, alexander kent needs no recommendation to lovers of stories about the eighteenthcentury navy. Buy richard bolithomidshipman by kent, alexander isbn. The complete midshipman bolitho the bolitho novels book 1. Captain richard bolitho is summoned to the admiralty and sent on a secret mission to the east indies with his new ship, the frigate undine. In october 1772 richard bolitho waits at portsmouth to join the gorgon, a seventyfour gun ship of the line. Alexander kents second novel to cover richard bolitho s early career follows the events described in richard bolitho midshipman, which was so warmly received by readers.
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