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Paperback. In the spring of 1802 Richard Bolitho is summoned to the Admiralty in London and given his orders for a difficult and, to him, distasteful task. Even an advanced promotion to vice-admiral to make him one of the youngest ever appointed does not compensate for his sudden and thankless mission. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
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- Arrow
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594093
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- 9780099594093
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Paperback. In March 1784, at a time when most of the fleet was laid up, His Majesty's frigate Undine weighed anchor at Spithead to begin a voyage to India and far beyond. As her new captain, Richard Bolitho was glad to go, despite the nature of his orders and the immensity of the voyage - for he was leaving an England suffering from the aftermath of war. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
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- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099493891
- ISBN
- 9780099493891
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Paperback. A troubled peace with France means that in the harbours and estuaries around England, the royal fleet has been left to rot. 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. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
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- Cornerstone
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
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- New
- SKU
- V9780099591627
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- 9780099591627
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Paperback. For the young Richard Bolitho the spring of 1778 marked a complete transformation for himself and his future. It was the year in which the American War of Independence changed to an all-out struggle for freedom from British rule - and the year when Bolitho took command of the Sparrow, a small, fast and well-armed sloop of war. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
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- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099493860
- ISBN
- 9780099493860
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Paperback. 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 land is broken by an urgent summons from the King. Once more Bolitho hoists his flag above the veteran seventy-four-gun ship Hyperion and sets sail. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 218.
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- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099497721
- ISBN
- 9780099497721
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Paperback. Sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho waits to join the Gorgon ordered to sail to the west coast of Africa and to destroy those who challenge the King's Navy. For Bolitho, and for many of the crew, it is a severe and testing initiation into the game of seamanship. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099504337
- ISBN
- 9780099504337
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Paperback. It is February 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 will not be won, but which neither Britain nor the United States can afford to lose. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 258.
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- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 352
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099497738
- ISBN
- 9780099497738
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Paperback. When in 1798, Richard Bolitho hoists his pendant as commodore of a squadron, and prepares to re-enter the Mediterranean, he is soon made aware of his responsibility. There are rumours of a massive French armada and of the latest type of artillery, and Bolitho's orders are to seek out the enemy, and to discover the intentions of his growing force. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099497639
- ISBN
- 9780099497639
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Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
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- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099594086
- ISBN
- 9780099594086
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Paperback. Every harbour and estuary is filled with ghostly ships, the famous and the legendary redundant in the aftermath of the war. In this uneasy peace, Adam Bolitho is fortunate to be offered the seventy-four gun Athena, and as flag captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune once more follows his destiny to the Caribbean. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
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- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099497776
- ISBN
- 9780099497776
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Paperback. March, 1811 After two and a half months of precious peace in Cornwall with his beloved mistress Catherine, Admiral Richard Bolitho is once again summoned to London. In defence of an Empire, the Admiralty must quell the unrest in America - or face the war with those who were once friends. For when diplomacy fails, the cannon will speak. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099591634
- ISBN
- 9780099591634
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Paperback. September 1803 Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds himself the new master of the Argonaute, a French flagship taken in battle. With the Peace of Armiens in ruins, he must leave the safety of Falmouth. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
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- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099591641
- ISBN
- 9780099591641
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Paperback. Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho returns to England from several months' patrolling. War with the United States has not yet ended, but news of Napoleon's defeat has stunned a navy and a nation bled by years of European conflict. Victory has been the impossible dream and now, for Bolitho, a vision of the future and a personal peace seems attainable. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099497769
- ISBN
- 9780099497769
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Paperback. Returning safely to England after the dramatic capture of Martinque, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds an all too brief respite from war and politics in the arms of his mistress Catherine Somervell. But the shadow of a new conflict already darkens the horizon. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
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- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099591665
- ISBN
- 9780099591665
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Paperback. The twelfth Richard Bolitho story that chronologically follows the events covered by "Signal - Close Action!" In September 1800, Richard Bolitho assumes command of his own squadron, but he soon realizes that his experience, gained in the line of battle, has ill-prepared him for the manoeuvring of power politics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099497653
- ISBN
- 9780099497653
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Paperback. 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 HMS. Under the burning sun of North Africa, Bolitho is keenly aware of the envy and ambition among his officers and the old enemy's proximity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099484264
- ISBN
- 9780099484264
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Paperback. 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 routes. Her captain is Richard Bolitho is despatched on a mission to the islands of the Great South Sea, where he must face hazards of fickle winds, pirates and savage islanders. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Arrow Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099493938
- ISBN
- 9780099493938
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Paperback. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert; Chandler, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- FRANCES LINCOLN
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590177242
- ISBN
- 9781590177242
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Paperback. Seven-year-old Sai Jinhua is left alone and unprotected, her life transformed after her mandarin father's summary execution for the crime of speaking the truth. Now an orphan, Jinhua is sold to a brothel and put to work as a 'money tree', enduring the very worst of human nature thanks to the friendship and wisdom of the crippled brothel maid. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FRH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- twenty7
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785770166
- ISBN
- 9781785770166
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Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; FC; FJH; FV; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
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- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue, Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509842933
- ISBN
- 9781509842933
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Paperback. Translator(s): Levi, Peter. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590173503
- ISBN
- 9781590173503
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Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629965648
- ISBN
- 9789629965648
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789461536075
- ISBN
- 9789461536075
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€ 26.99€ 20.44
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Paperback. When Orhan's grandfather is found dead, Orhan inherits the decades - old business. But his grandfather has left the family estate to a stranger thousands of miles away, Seda, an aging woman in a retirement home in Los Angeles. Over time, Orhan begins to unearth the story that eighty-seven-year-old Seda so closely guards. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books (division of Workman)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616205300
- ISBN
- 9781616205300
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