Can anybody here tell me anything about the Bolitho stories by Alexander Kent? Only Dad bought a load of books back from Rochester today and there were a couple of Kent novels in the mix (along with the captains' log of HMS Centaur by Philip Saumarez when Anson did his circumnavigation of the globe!! :D How did he KNOW
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As to Kent,a lot of people love his writing. His hero in the Bolitho series was for the largest part of the books Richard Bolitho You'll have to find out for yourself if you like his writing. He has certainly done some good research beforehand and is good reading.
He is not O'Brian ;D
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I like Kent because he's Kent.
And I used to switch between O'Brian and Kent in way I have never done with any other authors, because they are not the other one...
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I almost took a pen to the book to correct it, but didn't quite manage to. Maybe another time, but it'll be age before I reread the book.
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Was your edition edited by Leo Heaps, published in 1973? *is curious to know whether we've got the same thing*
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