Жанр "Исторические романы на английском языке"

From the author of the bestselling Suite Franзaise.

Translated by Sandra Smith, with an introduction by Patrick Marnham.

In...

1789: NEW SOUTH WALES. Into Sydney, capital of Britain's infant colony, sails the frigate Tempest. She is one of His Majesty's...

1794: as the year draws to a close Richard Bolitho, commanding the old Hyperion, leaves Plymouth to join a squadron blockading...

1784: at a time when most of the fleet is laid up, His Majesty's frigate Undine weighs anchor at Spithead to begin a voyage to...

1782: British Captain Richard Bolitho is ordered to take the frigate Phalarope to the Caribbean, where the hard-pressed royal...

1778: a seminal year for the young Richard Bolitho... The American War of Independence changes to an all-out struggle for freedom...

1774: Bolitho is now a newly appointed third lieutenant joining the 28-gun frigate Destiny at Plymouth. It is a far step from...

1777: the revolution in America has erupted into a full-scale war.

The navy's main task is to prevent military supplies from...

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As...

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'A brilliant and haunting novel'
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