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Portsmouth, 1782. His Britannic Majesty's frigate, Phalarope, is ordered to assist the hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean. Aboard is her new commander-Richard Bolitho. To all appearances the Phalarope is everything a young captain could wish for, but beneath the surface she is a deeply unhappy ship-her wardroom torn by petty greed and ambition, her deckhands suspected of cowardice under fire and driven to near-mutiny by senseless ill-treatment.
- Sales Rank: #591808 in Books
- Brand: Kent, Alexander
- Published on: 1998-10-01
- Released on: 1998-10-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .93" w x 5.50" l, .90 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 352 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
From Library Journal
This trio, published in 1972, 1973, and 1968, respectively, offer more of the briny adventures of Richard Bolitho as he sails the seas during the late 18th century. LJ's reviewers found Sloop to be a "rousing novel" (LJ 12/1/72), while Kent himself was praised as the "worthy successor to C.S. Forester" (LJ 7/68). For all collections that like their adventure stories served with a pinch of salt.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"Follow the wake of Hornblower into 18th-century seas, where a crew of shangaied valiants kicks the stuffing out of all comers . . . a salty testament to the mystique and the brutality of the square-rigger." —The New York Times
From the Inside Flap
H.M.S. Phalarope is ordered to the Caribbean but the most deadly enemy is already aboard her.
January 1782, Portsmouth: His Britannic Majesty's frigate Phalarope is ordered to the assistance of the hard-pressed squadrons in the Carribean. Aboard is her new commander ? Richard Bolitho. To all appearances the Phalarope is everything a young captain could wish for. But beneath the surface she is a deeply unhappy ship ? her wardroom torn by petty greed and ambition, her deckhands driven to near-mutiny by senseless ill-treatment?
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Mutiny, betrayal and batlle in the West Indies in the 1780's
By Donal A. O'Neill
Though Richard Bolitho is old enough and experienced enough to be taking on his first frigate command as this book opens, it is in fact the first of the Bolitho novels to have been published. A tyrannical previous captain has driven the crew to the edge of mutiny and as Bolitho sails for the West Indies for the closing stages of the American War of Independence his own crew is as much a threat to him as is the enemy. A skilfully handled American Privateer almost brings Bolitho's career to a premature end and the identity of its captain is such as to rub salt in the wound. Despite all, Bolitho battles back with courage, indomitability and humane leadership and forges his crew and ship into a single weapon that comes victoriously through the decisive Battle of the Saintes, the last of the war. One stalwart supporter of Bolitho makes his exit in glory while another, Allday, makes his first appearance in a most dramatic way. All the best features of the other novels in the series - convincing characterisation, absorbing technical detail, exciting action sequences and a strong plot line - are apparent in this earliest-published adventure.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Mutiny thwarted
By Joseph H Pierre
All of Alexander Kent's (a pen name) Richard Bolitho series are well-written. This one, they say was written first, but I suggest you read them in the chronological order of the protagonist's (Richard Bolitho) career. beginning with the one titled, Midshipman Bolitho. In that order this is number four, in which he is given command of a frigate, the Phalarope, his second command. Bolitho's naval career starts at the tender age of 12, but the first book in the series picks him up at the age of 16--already a veteran midshipman.
Kent is a first rate story-teller. His main concern is the story, rather than a mass of technical detail about ship's rigs, sails, etc., which are of interest to some of us, but of less interest, perhaps, to those who simply want to get on with the story. None of his stories drag. There is action a-plenty, including lurid descriptions of men getting their heads blown off and their limbs amputated. Hand-to-hand combat is common in boarding parties and on dry land expeditions.
I have some personal experience with sailing vessels, having built and sailed my own ketch-rigged sailboat on the Pacific with my family, and so far as I can tell Kent's sail handling descriptions, although necessarily abbreviated for the sake of the story, are technically accurate. I am more familiar with fore and aft rigs than square riggers, though.
This book concerns the end period of the American Revolution. Bolitho's Phalarope is operating in the West Indies. It is refreshing to see that war through the eyes of a British naval officer, and it rings with truth. The final battle, pitting the French Admiral De Grasse against the British George Rodney and Hood, at the sea battle known as the battle of the Saintes, in the Caribbean, ends in glory for Bolitho.
Bolitho is called upon to command the Phalarope after the death of a harsh captain who drove his crew to the edge of mutiny, and to make matters worse, his complement was filled out with rogues who were not wanted by other ships of the fleet, by an admiral who disliked him.
This is a very good book, which, if you are like me, you will enjoy and find it hard to put down.
Joseph (Joe) Pierre, USN (Ret)
author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
and other books
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
4 blistering broadsides beckon Bolitho beginner
By Bill Mac
Alexander Kent was second after Dudley Pope to launch a naval series that followed in the wake of C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower. Like Forester, Kent set the first novel when his hero had achieved captaincy and then filled in on both sides. From the beginning Kent established his Richard Bolitho as a stalwart hero in the mould of Hornblower or Pope's Ramage. Kent's novels would be defined by brutal realistic naval battles, action and the spirit of high adventure.
To Glory We Steer is set in the waning months of the American Revolution. Yorktown has been lost and the French under Admiral DeGrasse are looking to extend the victory and drive the British out of the Caribbean. Bolitho is sent to the Caribbean in command of a ship in which a mutiny was put down. The officers and men are all questionable. Can Richard Bolitho assume command, obtain the loyalty of his men and administer a caning to the French? Of course he can but the fun is in watching him do it.
The Bolitho novels are cast in the post-romantic mode. Kent excels at action as his titles imply. However, the author knows what real war is like and doesn't flinch in describing the effects of cutlasses and grapeshot on human flesh. Given that the novel was first published during the height of the Vietnam War, it's hard to imagine that Kent could have written To Glory We Steer any other way.
Kent keeps sex out of To Glory We Steer following MacLean's dictum that it interfers with the action. In fact, there are no women at all in the book. One sailor's wife has significance to the plot but she doesn't enter the action. To Glory We Steer is a manly book about manly men doing manly things.
To Glory We Steer is not as polished as the novels that followed and in my view suffers from one climax too many. The Battle of the Saintes should be the climax of the novel and it loses some of its punch because of earlier action. Also, there are some opportunities missed because Kent wrote the series out of chronological order. For instance, he meets another officer named Dancer. Having read Richard Bolitho-Midshipman and Richard Bolitho and the `Avenger', my first thought was that Bolitho would say, "I served with a Martyn Dancer..." or something to that effect. However, there is no mention of the earlier Dancer. These are minor foibles.
It's a little rough around the edges but it's still a great start to great series. Kent novels make an excellent guilty pleasure.
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