Enemy in Sight
The Mediterranean, 1793, and, despite Britain’s successes, the outcome of the sea war is still in the balance. As soon as his ship’s refit is completed, Captain Richard Bolitho is ordered to...
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Sword of Honour
In March 1814, Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho returns to England from several months’ rigorous patrolling off the North American coast. The bitter and inconclusive war with the United States has...
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Cross of St George
In the bitter February of 1813, with convoys from Canada and the Caribbean falling victim to American privateers, Sir Richard Bolitho returns to Halifax to pursue a war he knows cannot be won, but...
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To Glory We Steer
Reader: Michael Jayston
January 1782, Portsmouth. His Britannic Majesty's frigate Phalarope is ordered to the assistance of the hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean. Aboard is her new commander - Richard Bolitho. To...
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With All Despatch
Spring, 1792. A troubled peace with France means that even a frigate captain as famous as Richard Bolitho is forced to swallow his pride and visit the Admiralty daily to plead for a ship. But, as...
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The Darkening Sea
Reader: Michael Jayston
Returning to England after the dramatic capture of Martinique, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho attains an all too brief respite from war and politics. But the shadow of a new conflict already...
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Colours Aloft!
Reader: Michael Jayston
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds himself the new master of the Argonaute, a French flagship taken in battle. With the Peace of Amiens in ruins, he must leave the safety of Falmouth. What...
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Honour this Day
It is September 1804. England stands alone against France and the fleets of Spain, anticipating invasion. Vice-admiral Richard Bolitho has his own troubles to settle at home too. But his time on...
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The Only Victor
Reader: Michael Jayston
It is February, 1806. The frigate carrying Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor off the shores of southern Africa. It is only four months since the resounding victory over the combined...
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A Tradition of Victory
Reader: Michael Jayston
Plymouth, July 1801: Richard Bolitho's small squadron, still repairing battle scars earned in heavy action at Copenhagen, has been months away from the sea. But the Admiralty needs Bolitho. After...
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Command a King's Ship
Spithead, 1784. His Majesty's frigate, Undine, sets sail for India and the seas beyond. Europe may be at peace - but in colonial waters the promises of statesmen count for little and the bloody...
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Signal-Close Action!
Reader: Michael Jayston
As master of France, Napoleon now turns towards the East - and the vast wealth of India. But first he must secure the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt. Now Commodore of a newly-formed squadron in a...
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Sloop of War
April 1778, English Harbour, Antigua. As the French enter the American War of Independence in earnest, young Richard Bolitho is given his first command: Sparrow—a fast, well-armed fighting...
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The Flag Captain
Reader: Michael Jayston
April 1797, Falmouth Bay. As France continues her bitter struggle for supremacy on land and sea, the Royal Navy receives a crippling blow at home: the Great Mutiny. Returning home after eighteen...
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Second to None
On the eve of Waterloo, a sense of finality and cautious hope pervades a nation wearied by decades of war. But peace will present its own challenges to Adam Bolitho, captain of His Majesty’s...
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Stand into Danger
Plymouth, 1774. Richard Bolitho is now newly appointed Third Lieutenant, joining the 28-gun frigate Destiny. It is a far step from midshipman’s berth to wardroom and Bolitho must come to...
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Passage to Mutiny
October 1789, New South Wales, and into Sydney, capital of Britain’s infant colony, sails the frigate Tempest. She is one of His Majesty’s ships employed in policing the new southern trade...
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In the King's Name
It is 1819, and Captain Adam Bolitho is ordered once again to Freetown in West Africa with secret orders for the senior officer there. The slave trade has been outlawed by many nations, but a...
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For My Country's Freedom
Reader: Michael Jayston
It is March 1811 and Bolitho is recalled to duty after only two-and-a-half months’ peace in Cornwall with his beloved Catherine. Promoted to Admiral, his choice of flagship and flag captain...
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Heart of Oak
It is February 1818 and Adam Bolitho longs for marriage and a safe personal harbour. But with so much of Britain’s fleet redundant, he knows he is fortunate to be offered H.M.S. Onward, a new...
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Form Line of Battle!
June 1793, Gibraltar and 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 fleet....
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Beyond the Reef
Reader: Michael Jayston
In March 1808, as Napoleon holds Portugal and threatens his old ally Spain, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is dispatched once more to the Cape of Good Hope to establish a permanent naval force...
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Success to the Brave
Reader: Michael Jayston
Spring 1802. Richard Bolitho is summoned to the Admiralty to receive his orders for a difficult and thankless mission... The recent Peace of Amiens is already showing signs of strain as old...
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