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Spithead, 1784. His Majesty's frigate, Undine, sets sail for India and the seas beyond. Europe may be at peace - but in colonial waters the promises of statesmen count for little and the bloody struggle for supremacy still goes on. Richard Bolitho would have cause to remember his admiral's words: 'The task I am giving you would be better handled by a squadron'.
Spithead, 1784. His Majesty's frigate, Undine, sets sail for India and the seas beyond. Europe may be at peace - but in colonial waters the promises of statesmen count for little and the bloody struggle for supremacy still goes on. Richard Bolitho would have cause to remember his admiral's words: 'The task I am giving you would be better handled by a squadron'.
Alexander Kent is writer Douglas Edward Reeman's pseudonym. Reeman
was born at Thames Ditton 15 October 1924 (age 90), is a British
author who has written many historical fiction books on the Royal
Navy, mainly set during either World War II or the Napoleonic
Wars.
Kent was the name of Alexander's friend and naval officer who died
during the Second World War. Michael Jayston is an English actor
born in 1935. He has appeared in film and on television in many
Shakespearian roles, as well as in Doctor Who, EastEnders and the
televised serial Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. He is the narrator for
all of John le Carré’s audiobook novels and was awarded an
Earphones Award for his talent recording The Constant Gardener by
le Carré.
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