1803 — im Mittelmeer. Mit seiner Unerschrockenheit schafft sich Vizeadmiral Richard Bolitho viele Feinde: den Kapitän des Australienfahrers, von dem er eine mißhandelte Gefangene entführt; den französischen Admiral, der...
A PLUNDERED TREASURE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS . . . A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN THE PACIFIC . . . AN EVIL PLOT TO BRING THE WEST TO ITS KNEES!
A Japanese cargo ship bound for the United States is instantly, thunderously vaporized by Japanese...
A PLUNDERED TREASURE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS . . . A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN THE PACIFIC . . . AN EVIL PLOT TO BRING THE WEST TO ITS KNEES!
A Japanese cargo ship bound for the United States is instantly, thunderously vaporized by Japanese...
It is 1843 and Captain Nathaniel Sir Drinkwater embarks on the paddle-steamer Vestal for an inspection of lighthouses on the west coast of England. Bowed with age and honors, the old sea officer has been drawn from retirement on half-pay to...
1798 — vor Korfu und Alexandria: Unter der Führung seines Flaggschiffs «Lysander» kreuzt Kommodore Richard Bolitho durch das Mittelmeer, während sich die französische Flotte vor Korfu sammelt. Bald ist er sich über die...
April 1915, and it has become apparent that the war will be neither glorious nor short. England is changing, rapidly in some aspects, and the feuding between military and politicians is just beginning.
The three remaining midshipmen, two...
A solitary British destroyer fights a German U-boat in the remote expanses of the South Atlantic in WW II.
Patrolling at night, alone in a far reach of the Atlantic, the destroyer Hecate's radar picked up a small echo. Was it a fishing boat,...
As 1794 draws to a close Richard Bolitho, commanding the old seventy-four-gun ship of the line Hyperion, leaves Plymouth to join a squadron blockading the rising power of Revolutionary France. After six months of repairs his ship is ready to...
The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vessel containing 10,000 precious diamonds. Unfortunately, he's not the only one and then there's also...
1795 — in der Biskaya: Kurz nach seiner Hochzeit mit Cheney muß Richard Bolitho mit seiner «Hyperion» und einer noch unerprobten Mannschaft auslaufen, um die britische Blockade der Seehäfe Frankreichs zu...