Beyond the Reef: (The Richard Bolitho adventures: 21): an unputdownable naval page-turner from the master storyteller of the sea
By (Author) Alexander Kent
Cornerstone
Arrow Books Ltd
15th October 2014
2nd January 2014
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Fiction
Historical adventure fiction
Historical fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Naval forces and warfare
823.914
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
223g
The exciting chronological sequel to the previous Bolitho adventure - The Only Victor 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 there. Setting aside his bitter memories and the anguish of a friendship betrayed, Bolitho takes passage in the ill-fated Golden Plover. With him sail others commanded by duty and lured by danger - and those who wish only to escape. But when shipwreck and disaster overtake the Golden Plover off the desolate coast of Africa, neither the innocent nor the damned are spared. Beyond the tortured hell of the reef, Bolitho's battle begins - to summon the survivors' last reserves of courage and of hope.
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' - Sunday Times
Alexander Kent is the author of twenty-seven 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.