The Only Victor (Richard Bolitho Novels # 18), Vol. 18 FROM THE PUBLISHER
February 1806: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho carries the news of Trafalgar to southern Africa, where he is to aid the ground forces in any way he can to retake Cape Town from the Dutch. Impatient to be home, Bolitho decides yet again that the boldest measures are best, and proves to the army that brave men do not die in vain.
But there is little respite. After a defiant, all-too-brief reunion with his mistress, Lady Catherine Somervell, Bolitho undertakes a secret mission to Denmark, which nearly ends in disaster and further damages his sight. When diplomacy fails, he is eager to quit the land and joins the expedition to bombard Copenhagen in a new flagship, Black Prince.
FROM THE CRITICS
Sunday Times
"One of our foremost writers of Naval Fiction."
ACCREDITATION
Alexander Kent is the pseudonym of Douglas Reeman, a contemporary British writer. Reeman joined the British Navy at 16 and served on destroyers and small crafts during World War II, eventually rising to lieutenant. He later worked as a London detective and has served as a script advisor for television and film. He travels extensively, scouting locations for his books.
Drawing on his extensive experience and research, Alexander Kent writes with engaging authenticity. His best-selling Richard Bolitho Novels (numbering 24 volumes) have achieved world-wide sales of over 20 million copies and have been translated into nearly two dozen languages.
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