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Spring 1802, and the Peace Treaty of Amiens, signed only a few weeks earlier, is already showing signs of collapse. Britain and France wrangle over the return of colonial possessions won and lost during their long, bloody war and in the little 64-gun Achates, Vice-Admiral Richard Bolitho sails for America and the Caribbean.Tags
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Primavera de 1802. Richard Bolitho es llamado al Almirantazgo para recibir órdenes, se trata de una difícil e ingrata misión. La reciente Paz de Amiens está ya mostrando signos de tensión ante las disputas de los antiguos enemigos sobre las colonias ganadas y perdidas durante la guerra. En el pequeño sesenta y cuatro cañones Achates, Bolitho navega hacia el oeste en dirección al Caribe para entregar la isla de San Felipe a los franceses. Pero la diplomacia no es suficiente...
Nov 4, 2022Spanish
A naval adventure featuring Richard Bolitho, who is summoned to the Admiralty in order to receive his commission for a difficult and thankless task in the Caribbean.
Jan 6, 2010 (Edited)Dutch
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- Canonical title*
- Der Brander
- Original title
- Success to the brave
- People/Characters
- Richard Bolitho (vice-admiral); John Allday
- Epigraph
- How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest!
William Collins, 1746 - Dedication*
- Für Winifred in Liebe, bis wir uns wiedersehen
- First words
- Richard Bolitho leaned his palms on the sill of an open window and stared across the courtyard to the far wall and the sea beyond.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Not before time, an' that's no error neither."
- Original language*
- Englisch
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