Bolitho

Richard Bolitho – Midshipman
In October 1772 Richard Bolitho waits at Portsmouth to join the Gorgon, a seventy-four gun ship of...
With All Despatch
It is spring 1792 and England is enjoying a troubled peace, with her old enemy France still in the...
FORM LINE OF BATTLE!
In June 1793 Captain Richard Bolitho arrives at Gibraltar to take command of the Hyperion, a sevent...
ENEMY IN SIGHT
As 1794 draws to a close Richard Bolitho, commanding the old seventy-four-gun ship of the line Hype...
The Flag Captain
In the spring of 1797 Richard Bolitho brings the 100-gun Euryalus home to Falmouth to be flagship o...
Signal-Close Action!
When in 1798 Richard Bolitho hoists his broad pendant as commodore of a small squadron and prepares...
THE INSHORE SQUADRON
In September 1800 Richard Bolitho, a freshly appointed rear-admiral, assumes command of his own squ...
A Tradition of Victory
After eight years of war between Britain and France there is at last a rumour of peace. But the old...
Success to the Brave
In the spring of 1802 Richard Bolitho is summoned to the Admiralty in London and given his orders f...
COLOURS ALOFT!
The September in question is in 1803 when press gangs ruled the quayside, and Vice-Admiral Sir Rich...
Honour This Day
In September 1804, England stands alone against France and the fleets of Spain, daily expecting an...
Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger
This story is set in the winter of 1773, in and around the West Country of England. Midshipman Boli...
The Only Victor
February 1806 … The frigate carrying Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor off the shores o...
BEYOND THE REEF
March 1808, and war spreads in Europe as Napoleon holds Portugal and threatens his old ally, Spain....
The Darkening Sea
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho returns to England after the capture of Martinique, and finds a br...