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  • Published: 1 March 2007
  • ISBN: 9780099497752
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $29.99

Second To None




Another thrilling Bolitho adventure!

June 1815

On the eve of Waterloo, a sense of finality and cautious hope pervade a nation wearied by decades of war. But peace will present its own challenge to Adam Bolitho, captain of His Majesty's Ship Unrivalled, as many of his contemporaries face the prospect of discharge.

The life of a frigate captain is always lonely, but for Adam, mourning the death of his uncle Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho, that solitude acquires a deeper poignancy. He is, more than ever, alone, at the dawning of a new age for the Royal Navy, where the only constants are the sea and those enemies, often masked in the guise of friendship, who conspire to destroy him.

  • Published: 1 March 2007
  • ISBN: 9780099497752
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Alexander Kent

Alexander Kent is the author of twenty-eight acclaimed books featuring Richard Bolitho. Under his own name, Douglas Reeman, and in the course of a career spanning forty-five years, he has written over thirty novels and two non-fiction books.

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Praise for Second To None

Shipwreck, survival... a spirited battle... a splendid yarn

Times

One of our foremost writers of naval fiction

Sunday Times