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21 Books by Alexander Kent : The Richard Bolitho Series - Midshipman Bolitho, Stand in Danger, In Gallant Company, Sloop of War, To Glory We Steer, Command a King's Ship, Passage to Mutiny, With All Dispatch, Form Line of Battle! + 12 More (The Richard &
Well, this one did not disappoint. As good as "In Gallant Company" it picks up right where Gallant left off. We follow Bolitho into his first command and how he falls in love with his "Sparrow" his sloop of war. I started this one around 3 am this morning because of a rogue cricket that decided to sing next to my window. Woke me up and I couldn't get back to sleep. So I pick up the next book in my to read pile and it was the next Bolitho novel. It kept my mind off the cricket and completely enthralled in the adventures of the Sparrow's crew.I love this universe. Yes, Bolitho is lucky beyond belief and larger than life but is Aubrey and Hornblower and that's the reason we love them. I got attached to the crew of the Sparrow: the surgeon, the first lieutenant, the midshipman that just didn't make the cut for lieutenant, the sailing master, all the characters come alive and you care what happens to them. Even the snotty new midshipman nephew of an admiral. The final run of the Sparrow in Chesapeake Bay before the decisive battle of the American Revolutionary War gets to you. Kent just alludes to the historical Chesapeake battle at the end before the epilogue.
