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Command a King's Ship

by Alexander Kent, Douglas Reeman · 1973

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Spithead, 1784. His Majesty's Frigate, Undine, sets sail for India and the seas beyond. Europe may be at peace—but in colonial waters the promises of statesmen count for little and the bloody struggle for supremacy still goes on.

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Georgian and 18th centuryGeorgian and 18th centuryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
nauticalnauticalMore like thisLess of this
Setting
18th century18th centuryMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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