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Title: Enemy in Sight (Richard Bolitho Novels/Alexander Kent No 10) by Alexander Kent ISBN: 0-935526-60-9 Publisher: McBooks Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This may be the best so far
Comment:
This may be the best of the Bolitho series so far. Bolitho is wed and his 74-gun ship-of-the-line Hyperion goes into dry dock for a refit, including a new copper bottom, removing the forest of weed from her hull which has accumulated during her years of continuous service, slowing her down considerably.
Then, after six-months of a complete refit, she is ordered to blockade duty off France, and seconded to the command of Commodore (the lowest flag rank) Mathias Pelham-Martin, who proves to be an incompetent, egotistical officer who holds his rank only because of political influence ashore, and whose superior holds an old grudge against him.
I suspect that Kent uses these plots which include incompetent, unfeeling superior officers because virtually all of his adult readers have experienced such leadership at one time or other, rather than because the British Navy was rife with them. Certainly in the U.S. Navy, the superiors I served under were virtually all competent and dedicated officers. The incompetents get weeded out by the system rather rapidly. But the stories all seem to revolve around the Queegs and Blighs, as if they were common phenomenon. And every office, factory or warehouse knows of a supervisor who has been promoted because of politics or the "Peter principle," or an incompetent female who has slept her way to the top.
In this story, Kent takes us again on a chase to the West Indies and back, with lots of sea action, drama between him and his brother, Hugh, and nephew, and other twists of plot.
As usual, he breathes life into his characters and the story holds you spellbound. On one occasion, I kept reading until 2:00 a.m., and my wife was hollering at me. You should love this one!
Joseph (Joe) Pierre, USN(Ret)
author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
and other books
Rating: 5
Summary: Hoist the gun ports! Stand by for action and adventure
Comment: Mr. Kent does it again. Bolitho's adventures take him to duty blockading the French, then off to the distant edges of empire. The salt spray and billowing mainsails assail the reader with a sense of being aboard HMS Hyperion in rough seas and dangerous waters.
Again, Bolitho's private life seems to glow like a fresh candle, but reality quickly sets in as tragedy strikes, his brother appears and his brother's son steps aboard as a midshipman. Plenty of crackling cannon fire, splintered quarterdecks, flaming hulks, nasty Frenchmen who seem to ignore the conduct of behavior in war, a near mutiny as Bolitho, his incompetent commadore and his trusted friends Inch, Allday and Herrick help Sir Richard face danger and death on the high seas. The chapters when Bolitho leads a party across a swamp in small cutters is remarkable. Powerful stuff and makes one feel apart of the crew. Find yourself a berth, tighten a rag 'round yer ears, lad and watch for the French frigate on the starboard quarter, hull down.
Rating: 4
Summary: Four Stars although I don¿t remember why
Comment: I read Enemy in Sight! during the summer and for the life of me I can't remember much of it. I remember that Bolitho's personal life went south but the details of a book I read so recently are lost. What I do remember is a land engagement reminiscent of Lieutenant Hornblower and a sea chase at the end leading to a climactic battle. It was exciting at the time but has blurred with the other Bolitho novels in the last 3-4 months. Perhaps I read too much Bolitho too soon or perhaps it's that these novels are so formulaic that they all appear the same after awhile.
My advice to readers is to read the Bolitho books published before 1980 as this one was. They were all excellent action stories told with a WWII's veteran's knowledge of the horrors of war. Enemy in Sight! was from this period and I'll give it four stars accordingly even though my memory has failed me.
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Title: The Inshore Squadron (Richard Bolitho Novels/Alexander Kent, No 13) by Alexander Kent ISBN: 0935526684 Publisher: McBooks Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Passage to Mutiny (Richard Bolitho Novels/Alexander Kent No 7) by Alexander Kent ISBN: 0935526587 Publisher: McBooks Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: A Tradition of Victory (Richard Bolitho Novels/Alexander Kent No 14) by Alexander Kent ISBN: 0935526706 Publisher: McBooks Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Command a King's Ship: The Richard Bolitho Novels (Richard Bolitho Novel , No 6) by Alexander Kent ISBN: 0935526501 Publisher: McBooks Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Success to the Brave (Richard Bolitho Novels/Alexander Kent No 15) by Alexander Kent ISBN: 0935526714 Publisher: McBooks Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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