Man of War

by Alexander Kent

Book Overview

In 1817 every harbor and estuary in Antigua is filled with ghostly ships, superfluous in the aftermath of war. In this uneasy peace, Adam Bolitho is offered the 74-gun Athena, a notoriously "unlucky" ship, and as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune he once more follows his destiny to the Caribbean.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159013091X
• ISBN13: 9781590130919
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: McBooks Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The none Richard novels

I am still suffering from Richard withdrawal. I continued with this book and its immediate predecessor to see how other characters tied to Richard would fair. However,I think this is my last read of Kent's books. He ought to go back and write an alternate ending to the novel where Richard was killed off. Then he could have an alternate #25 and #26 etc.. Still this book is a pretty good read for those who can accept Richard having been killed off and Adam now carrying the story.

This is the best series

If you are into historic naval fiction, this is the series to read!!

Man of War,#26:The Richard Bolitho Novels

The last in the series , just as good as the first ! Hornblower had nothing on the Bolithos.Dare you not to read the whole series!

Fills in the 'other' characters

While understanding the comments made by other reviewers, I can not agree on the low ratings. It was nice to have some 'action' with others in the series, i.e. sister Nancy, John and Unis and others. Not all of the series need be sea battles, in fact it was nice to have some shore duty. Certain things were very obvious, such as the end of Kate, while others were nice to see, i.e. Thomas Herrick showing up and saying John had told him about Richard asking for him at the end. It would be nice to have some happiness show up, it seems the last few books have been I loss after another. All in all, not as good as some earlier books, but not as bad as some think either.

Not CS Forester but certainly more prolific.

Kent's series is topnotch all the way. After reading Hornblower series as a young girl (yes...girl!!!) in the late 50's, I started reading Kent and began a lifelong quest to read 'em all. Fifty years later, I still am.