Sloop of War (Richard Bolitho Novels # 4) »

Alexander Kent, pen name of Douglas Edward Reeman, joined the British Navy at 16, serving on destroyers and small craft during World War II, and eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant. He has taught navigation to yachtsmen and has served as a script adviser for television and films. His books have been translated into nearly two dozen languages.

The American Revolution has turned the Atlantic coast into a refuge for privateers and marauding French warships. Young Bolitho must fight the colonial rebels, stave off the treachery of a beautiful woman, and overcome the dangerous incompetence of a senior officer before it is too late.

Library Journal

This trio, published in 1972, 1973, and 1968, respectively, offer more of the briny adventures of Richard Bolitho as he sails the seas during the late 18th century. LJ's reviewers found Sloop to be a "rousing novel" (LJ 12/1/72), while Kent himself was praised as the "worthy successor to C.S. Forester" (LJ 7/68). For all collections that like their adventure stories served with a pinch of salt.