{"product_id":"command-a-kings-ship","title":"Command A Kings Ship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003eMulti-million copy seller Alexander Kent\u003c\/u\u003e, brings us another adrenalin-fuelled maritime page-turner full of swashbuckling action and derring-do. Fans of Patrick O''Brian and C. S. Forester will not be disappointed!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The battle scenes are described so vividly that Alexander Kent must surely have been there himself in a previous incarnation'' -- \u003ci\u003eThe Nautical Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''As ever, Kent evokes the blood and smoke of battle in crimson-vivid prose'' -- \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A tale of angry passion, envy and adventure'' -- \u003ci\u003eBookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Great story, great characters, plenty of action'' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''As usual, the master writer has done it again'' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Could not put the book down once started''-- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Wonderful'' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*********************************************************************************************\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1784\u003c\/b\u003e: at a time when most of the fleet is laid up, \u003cb\u003eHis Majesty''s frigate \u003ci\u003eUndine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e weighs anchor at \u003cb\u003eSpithead\u003c\/b\u003e to begin a voyage to \u003cb\u003eIndia\u003c\/b\u003e and far beyond. As her new captain, \u003cb\u003eRichard Bolitho\u003c\/b\u003e is glad to go, despite the nature of his orders and the immensity of the voyage - for he is leaving an England still suffering from the aftermath of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut he is to learn that signatures on proud documents do not necessarily make a lasting peace, and finds himself involved in a conflict as ruthless as the one which had given him his first command during the war with France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an uneasy peace, the expansion of trade and colonial development in little-known areas of \u003cb\u003ethe East Indies\u003c\/b\u003e soon push aside the pretence and bring the guns'' fury into the open.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is no set line of battle or declared cause to rally \u003ci\u003eUndine\u003c\/i\u003e''s small company, but the dangers and \u003cb\u003ethe endless demands have to be faced by the man who commands the only King''s ship available\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBolitho''s adventures continue in \u003ci\u003ePassage to Mutiny\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320193393022,"sku":"NW9780099493891","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780099493891.jpg?v=1778238875","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/command-a-kings-ship","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}