num_pages: 258
description: It is 1792, over ten years after Britain's defeat by theAmerican colonies, and the bitter humiliation still sticks in theAdmiralty's craw. Now brutal smugglers, many of them naval deserters,occupy the Channel, plying their trade between England and France. RichardBolitho's mission: to send three small cutters to fight the treacherousraiders off the coast of Kent.But they are not the only threat facing Bolitho. For across the Channel,revolution grips France, where the guillotine is both an instrument ofpolitical revenge and a weapon of hate and envy. As war with France looms,Bolitho soon finds himself and his three small ships facing more enemiesthan friends....
language: English
title: With All Despatch
titlecomplete: With All Despatch (Richard Bolitho, #10)
genres: Historical, Military Fiction, Naval Historical Fiction, Adventure, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 1414
series: Richard Bolitho
publisher: Jove