1969, ISBN: 077372155X

Hardcover

London: Macdonald and Evans, 1969. D/W is not price clipped, minor wear and tear to edges and corners. Book in red covers. 96pp with nice illustrations. In 1589 with the Armada massin… More...

London: Macdonald and Evans, 1969. D/W is not price clipped, minor wear and tear to edges and corners. Book in red covers. 96pp with nice illustrations. In 1589 with the Armada massing for its assault on England there was desperate need of some bold stroke both to delay the invaders and to sow doubt in their minds as to their invincibility. Only one man in England, Sir Francis Drake, saw the importance of the moment and determined to make use of it.Book also contains a fascinating appendix on Elizabethan Ships, their design, rig, guns, flag signals, seamen and administrative control.. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by William Randell., Macdonald and Evans, 1969, London: Heinemann, 1987 Richard Bolitho is a worthy sucesor to Hornblower. "In September 1804, England stands alone against France and the fleets of Spain, daily expecting an invasion. Entrusted with an urgent mission for the King, Vice-Admiral Richard Bolitho hoists his flag above the veteran seventy-four-gun ship Hyperion and sets sail with a new squadron for the Caribbean. Plagued by the knowledge that both his troubled marriage and the eye injured in his last battle with Contre-Amiral Jobert are worsening, Bolitho is eager to quit the land less than three months after his return home. But even his beloved old ship Hyperion, hastily restored from an ignominious existence as a hulk, is full of tormenting memories and lost faces. Ordered to plan and effect a daring raid on the Spanish Main, Bolitho spares himself nothing. It is more like a death-wish than a mission. He himself leads the dawn attack against enemy mortars in La Guaira, capturing after a bloody battle the rich prize of His Catholic Majesty's biggest treasure-ship laden with gold and silver. In Antigua once more, he is roused from his darkness of soul by the rediscovery of a passion which defies convention and every risk to his reputation. His future is full of uncertainty as he sails east to Gibraltar, for a rendezvous that all who follow his flag will remember. For the year is 1805, an historic year for the English fleet, and Hyperion is set to fight her last great battle as she clears the way for victory " Something of a hybrid, the book is the first UK edition, but is wrapped in a dj markled "Stoddart" - the Canadian distributor - with the ISBN 0-7737-2155X . 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine., Heinemann, 1987, 1926 Paperback. Fair Cover is waterstained, but insie pages are good.., 1926 Paperback<

1987, ISBN: 077372155X

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780773721555], Used, good, [PU: William Heinemann Ltd. / Stoddart, London, England], KENT, ALEXANDER; BRITISH NAVAL FICTION; NAPOLEONIC WAR ADVENTURES; RICHARD BOLITHO NOVEL, Jacke… More...

[EAN: 9780773721555], Used, good, [PU: William Heinemann Ltd. / Stoddart, London, England], KENT, ALEXANDER; BRITISH NAVAL FICTION; NAPOLEONIC WAR ADVENTURES; RICHARD BOLITHO NOVEL, Jacket, Green cloth binding with gold colored print on spine. Tight, sound and unmarked. 287 pages. Dust jacket has pictorial of wooden ships in combat. Spine and cover print are red and black. Light crush at top spine end. In mylar. No pricing on DJ. (c) page refers to William Heinemann, DJ is Canadian (Stoddart). Size: 6 1/4 X 9 1/2<

ISBN: 077372155X

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ISBN: 9780773721555

Softcover, Used, good, A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limite… More...

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ISBN: 077372155X

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