Second to None
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Adam Bolitho, captain of the ship Unrivalled, fells he is alone in the dawning of the new age of the Royal Navy.
Tato námořní dobrodružná sága vás zavede do bouřlivých vod počátku 19. století, kdy se Evropa zmítá v důsledku napoleonských válek. Sledujte osudy ambiciózních velitelů, kteří se musí proplétat zrádnými intrikami, nebezpečnými bitvami a morálními dilematy na moři i na souši. Série skvěle vykresluje strategické bitvy, osobní oběti a čest, která formuje námořnické hrdiny v době velkých změn.
Adam Bolitho, captain of the ship Unrivalled, fells he is alone in the dawning of the new age of the Royal Navy.
But all efforts of the British anti-slavery patrols to curb a flourishing trade in human life are hampered by unsuitable ships, by the indifference of a government more concerned with old enemies made distrustful allies, and by the continuing belligerence of the Dey of Algiers, which threatens to ignite a full-scale war.
Antigua 1817Every harbour and estuary is filled with ghostly ships, the famous and the legendary now redundant in the aftermath of the war. In this uneasy peace, Adam Bolitho is fortunate to be offered the seventy-four gun Athena, and as flag captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune once more follows his destiny to the Caribbean.
Onward, a new 38-gun frigate whose first mission is not war but diplomacy, as consort to the French frigate Nautilus. It is only when Nautilus becomes a sacrificial offering on the altar of empire that every man discovers the brotherhood of the sea is more powerful than the bitter memories of an... číst celé
A searing and gripping tale of trouble on the high seas, and of the weakness of the human spirit, In the King's Name heralds the return of our greatest living maritime writer and the legendary Adam Bolitho.