January 1782, Portsmouth. His Britannic Majesty's frigate Phalarope is ordered to the assistance of the hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean. Aboard is her new commander - Richard Bolitho.
To all appearances the Phalarope is everything a young captain could wish for. But beneath the surface she is a deeply unhappy ship - her wardroom torn by petty greed and ambition, her deckhands driven to near mutiny by senseless ill treatment.
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"Perhaps the darkest Bolitho yet - things are not sunny for Britain in the 1780s, and it is definitely reflected in this novel. It seems like this may mark a turning point for the series." — Topher (4 out of 5 stars)
"Perhaps the darkest Bolitho yet - things are not sunny for Britain in the 1780s, and it is definitely reflected in this novel. It seems like this may mark a turning point for the series."
" Enjoyable book but not quite up to the standard of CS Forester. The main figure (Bolitho) doesn't have quite as much depth as Hornblower. "
" In this series, the earliest books are the best, and this is one of the strongest. Later they become terribly hackneyed, but in this book the main characters meet up for the first time and everything is still fresh. "
" burn out has been achieved, and I can't find all the titles "
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