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Command a King's Ship

By: Alexander Kent
Narrated by: Michael Jayston
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Summary

 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. Richard Bolitho would have cause to remember his admiral's words: 'The task I am giving you would be better handled by a squadron'.

©1975 Alexander Kent (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Royalty
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“One of our foremost writers of naval fiction.” ( Sunday Times, London)
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I am going through these books with some alacrity, they are still as good as I remember from many years ago. This one felt like more of a slow burner and took a while before it really gripped me, I wasn't quite as enamoured with it as most of the others so far. However, by the end there are copious amounts of gun smoke, fallen rigging and intense fighting as Kent moves it towards a cracking finale. Not one of my favourites in the series but overall this is an excellent collection of sea-going adventures!

Not quite so fast-paced . . .

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This one is as good as all the previous ones in the series,still find it hard to stop listening part way through

Another hit

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First such book from Audible and being an ex-sailor it won't be my last. loved the fact it put you in the environment rather than tried to explain all the nuances of the time period.

Great Stort

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always love these books and the performance is always amazing. I would recommend listening to this and the whole series.

loved the quirky story in the west indies

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I have read the book before but it was my first audible book. Apart from my tendency to fall asleep just before the timer, I really enjoyed it.
I suppose it is largely down to the narrator if you enjoy the book and in this respect I was fortunate. The narrator was excellent! And that has given me the confidence, having listened to the standard set, to get several other titles not only from this series but across a range of books and authors. I am looking forward to my next audible book.

Great narration,

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