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Sloop of War

by Alexander Kent Book 6 in the Richard Bolitho series.

First published 1972

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In 1778, Richard Bolitho receives his first command: the fast, heavily armed sloop Sparrow. The American War of Independence is widening into an international conflict, and the small vessel is sent from one urgent task to another as Britain and France contest the western Atlantic.

Command initially seems to offer the freedom Bolitho has wanted, but isolation and responsibility quickly strip away its romance. As opposing fleets converge near the American coast, he must hold together an inexperienced company and make decisions that could determine whether Sparrow survives a battle larger than any one captain can control.

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