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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcbooks Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100935526609
ISBN-139780935526608
eBay Product ID (ePID)706881
Product Key Features
Book TitleEnemy in Sight
Number of Pages366 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWar & Military, Historical, Sea Stories
Publication Year1999
FeaturesReprint
GenreFiction
AuthorAlexander Kent
Book SeriesThe Bolitho Novels Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height5.5 in
Item Weight14.4 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width0.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-019234
Reviews"The author succeeds in combining the human touch with rousing sea battles; both action scenes and characterizations are vivid." -- Library Journal, "It's a turbulent passage from the Bay of Biscay to the Caribbean, with plenty of action along the way." -- New York Times Book Review, "The author succeeds in combining the human touch with rousing sea battles; both action scenes and characterizations are vivid." - Library Journal, "It's a turbulent passage from the Bay of Biscay to the Caribbean, with plenty of action along the way." - New York Times Book Review
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume Number10
Dewey Decimal823/.914
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisThe Hyperion sets sail with an untrained crew for blockade duty off France. Bolitho's superior is an incompetant egotist whose petty hostilities jeopardize the operation of an entire fleet., Aboard the Hyperion, Richard Bolitho sets sail with an untrained crew for blockade duty off France. Unfortunately, his superior, Commodore Mathias Pelham-Martin, is an incompetent egotist whose petty hostilities jeopardize the operation of an entire fleet., The Hyperion sets sail with an untrained crew for blockade duty off France. Bolitho's superior is an incompetent egotist whose petty hostilities jeopardize the operation of an entire fleet.
LC Classification NumberPR6061.E63E54 1999
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- 06. Mär. 2022
Good, Not Great
Alexander Kent is no Patrick O'Brian, who wrote the magnificent and highly literate Aubrey-Maturin series of sea novels, but he is prolific and can be read with pleasure. Kent's style can be alarmingly clumsy at times, leaving the reader wondering who is speaking or where the action is taking place. The characters including the hero Bolitho lack the depth and complexity of O'Brian's heroes, or even secondary characters. Kent would stand out more, because his knowledge of the sea is extensive and his output enormous, if not for O'Brian's work, which covers roughly the same late 18th-early 19th century period. I have not been able to warm up to the hero of the series, Bolitho, the way I have to O'Brian's characters. Bolitho is brave, humane, a leader who inspires an almost unbelievable level of loyalty (cut the "almost"), and comes with a good backstory. He just doesn't spring fully alive from the page. Despite the negative tone of this review, I am reading my way through all the Bolitho novels. There's plenty of action and Kent doesn't make you wait endlessly for a climax. One novel can have several decisive points, which is welcome when the characters can't carry the narrative all that well. When I want more human and literary depth, I switch to the Aubrey-Maturing series, which I have read in its entirety half a dozen times. I literally carry a Kent and a O'Brian novel around together, switching off as the felt need arises. If you like this genre, historical fiction about the days of sail, Kent's books are must reading.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 22. Aug. 2018
excellent book
all alexander kent books are excellent.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
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