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- Publisher: Arrow (2006)
- ISBN-10: 0099543419
- ISBN-13: 978-0099543411
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.9 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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All the usual elements are here . If you've read as far as this in the continuing tale of our hero you'll be in familiar waters. The add on here is the growing complexity of Bolitho's private life which is a welcome diversion for the reader and helps paint a broader picture of the man. Even so the characters remain rather 2 dimensional in the main away from the pricipals. All in all another stirring tale which doesn't disappoint especially in the descriptions of combat and the black and white morals of our hero.
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Alexander Kent is credited with more than thirty titles; chronologically this appears to be the seventeenth in the chronicle of Richard Bolitho from Midshipman to Admiral. Honour This Day tells of two dramatic actions - capturing a prize ship in Antigua in 1804 and then, a year later, fighting with Nelson at Trafalgar.
The battles are described at length, with no smoothing over the sheer horror of naval warfare at the beginning of the 19th Century. The reader with only a moderate interest in sea-borne campaigns may find the commands to man the tops'ls, look lively in the rigging and the like become somewhat repetitious, but it is reasonable to assume that faithful followers of this author will be expecting no less.
The problem for the newcomer is that Honour This Day includes a good deal of reflection upon people and incidents from the earlier books. As indicators and shapers of personality these echoes of the past are undeniably valid but can be bewildering to the reader who may feel like the guest who has arrived after the speeches.
However, there is much to be savoured in the even-handed portrayal of Bolitho's complicated love life. It is a central theme of the book and convinces rather more than the two-dimensional characters from the lower orders, rosy-cheeked barmaids and their ilk.
The battles are described at length, with no smoothing over the sheer horror of naval warfare at the beginning of the 19th Century. The reader with only a moderate interest in sea-borne campaigns may find the commands to man the tops'ls, look lively in the rigging and the like become somewhat repetitious, but it is reasonable to assume that faithful followers of this author will be expecting no less.
The problem for the newcomer is that Honour This Day includes a good deal of reflection upon people and incidents from the earlier books. As indicators and shapers of personality these echoes of the past are undeniably valid but can be bewildering to the reader who may feel like the guest who has arrived after the speeches.
However, there is much to be savoured in the even-handed portrayal of Bolitho's complicated love life. It is a central theme of the book and convinces rather more than the two-dimensional characters from the lower orders, rosy-cheeked barmaids and their ilk.
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I could not wait to get hold of the next book since reading the first Bolitho story. I now have 29 in the series and rate them all 4 or 5 stars.
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