In the King's name
By: Alexander Kent
Series: Richard Bolitho -- 29; Richard Bolitho -- 29.
Publisher: Century
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781846055430
Subjects: Adam Bolitho (Fictitious character); Fiction; Ship captains; Naval History
Description: It is January 1819, and Captain Adam Bolitho, newly married, makes haste to ship out from Falmouth and leave his beautiful wife, Lowenna, once again. Bound for Freetown, on the old the slave coast of Africa, H.M.S. Onward carries sealed orders in the strongbox below deck. But why all the secrecy and apparent urgency?