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As there are five books remaining in the series, I was quite surprised when Admiral Bolitho was killed by an enemy marksmen during a sea battle in Sword of Honour. Story good but just too many typographical errors. A global edit to remove unnecessary hyphenations would be most welcome.
If I could I would ask for my money back because I expect this rather large and repetitive error to be something that just doesn't occur in professional publishing. It seriously detracts from enjoying the reading experience. And I should have remembered from other Douglas Reeman books that he just doesn't like happy endings.
Trying my best not to let out spoilers while giving my honest opinion of this book. Let's face it we do not read these books for the incredible Prose or in depth of use of the English language.
We read them because we know the friend and Confidant will say "and that's no error! A hero we sympathize with one that we believe in the end will get to have his day in Cornwall with his beloved. This is why I read them this is why I empathize with the admiral of the red.
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I am very disappointed in this book and debating whether or not I wish to continue. The manner in which the cliffhanger is aired on a total of 1 page is very disappointing. Such an event deserves more and deserves to be in Cornwall with Katherine at his side. I had to read the last of the Richard books. I am almost sorry I did.
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Why couldn't he just let Richard retire in piece with Catherine and let the two live they so richly deserved. There was cause to kill him him off. Seemed more a historical romance than a continuation of Sir Richard's adventures. 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, Cornwall , in Great Britain, the second son of a prestigious naval family. He joined the navy in He served in the wars against France and the United States. He was promoted to lieutenant in , captain in , and admiral in He died in action against the French in He played a significant role in driving the Americans back to Brooklyn Heights in , helping to secure a decisive British victory in the largest battle of the entire American Revolution.
The name Bolitho is a common Cornish surname , but 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 there. 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 of 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 captain. 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.