Warren Schmidt is about to taste the not-so-sweet slice of life. When he retired, he and his wife, Helen, had big plans - but an unexpected twist changes everything. Now, all of Schmidt's attention is focused on his daughter's upcoming wedding to a loser waterbed salesman. From m...
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The 25th volume of the Bolitho series. In 1815, Adam Bolitho goes to assist the British anti-slavery patrols off Sierra Leone. Still haunted by his uncle's unavenged death, he launches a potentially suicidal attack on an impregnable stronghold.
October 1789, New South Wales. Into Sydney, capital of Britain's infant colony, sails the frigate Tempest. She is one of His Majesty's ships employed in policing the new southern trade routes. Her captain is Richard Bolitho, who hopes to be ordered home to England. Instead, he is...
Perky, overachieving Tracy Flick gets on the nerves of history teacher Jim McAllister to begin with, but after she launches her campaign for high-school president and his personal life starts to fall apart, things spiral out of control.
In postwar Germany in 1946, Rachael Morgan arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the bitter winter, to be reunited with her husband Lewis, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. But as they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis ...
In postwar Germany in 1946, Rachael Morgan arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the bitter winter, to be reunited with her husband Lewis, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. But as they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis ...
The long-awaited conclusion of Alexander Kent's 'Midshipman Trilogy'. The new year of 1774 seems to offer Richard Bolitho and his friend, Martin Dancer, the culmination of a dream. Both have been recommended for promotion, although they have not yet gained the coveted lieutenant'...