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Alexander Kent

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.

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Title:: Midshipman Bolitho
Series:: Richard Bolitho #1
Written by:: Alexander Kent
Read by:: Michael Jayston
Format:: Unabridged CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 6
Duration:: 7 hours 3 minutes
Published:: April 01 2016
Available Date:: April 01 2016
Age Category:: Adult
ISBN:: 9781489347190
Genres:: Fiction; Historical Fiction
Publisher:: Bolinda/Audible audio

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"One of our foremost writers of naval fiction...authentic, inspiring, well-characterised and, finally, moving."
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Richard Bolitho - Midshipman October 1772, Portsmouth. 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. Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger December 1773, Falmouth. The young Bolitho looks forward to a family Christmas in Cornwall while the Gorgon is refitted. But Cornwall is the treacherous stamping ground of smugglers and wreckers. After the murder of a revenue officer, Bolitho is swept aboard his brother's cutter, Avenger, on a dangerous mission of hide-and-seek.