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Honour This Day (Hardcover)

de Alexander Kent (Author)
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"One of our foremost writers of Naval Fiction."


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Alexander Kent is the pseudonym of Douglas Reeman, a contemporary British writer. Reeman joined the British Navy at 16 and served on destroyers and small crafts during World War II, eventually rising to lieutenant. He later worked as a London detective and has served as a script advisor for television and film. He travels extensively, scouting locations for his books.

Drawing on his extensive experience and research, Alexander Kent writes with engaging authenticity. His best-selling Richard Bolitho Novels (numbering 24 volumes) have achieved world-wide sales of over 20 million copies and have been translated into nearly two dozen languages.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Honour This Day, Mai 5 2000
Par Barbara Buhrer "bookworm" (Bayonet Point, Florida USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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Unwilling to take a desk job at the Admiraltry in london,Vice Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho asks for sea duty,always a frigate captain at heart. He asks for the Hyperion, the first ship of line he had ever commanded. He is still having trouble with his eyes;he is partially blind in his left eye,blinded by sand from a bucket an enemy ball had blown apart. He has difficulty adjusting to staying aloof of the day-to-day running of his ship' He is estranged from his wife,Belinda. Arriving in Antigua in 1804 his orders are to capture a Spanish treasure ship. In Antigua he meets again Catherine Pareja,his love of seven years ago,now married to Viscount Somervell,Inspector General. They find their love has not diminished despite the years of separation. He leads his small fleet to LaGuaira where the Spanish treasure ship laden with gold and silver destined for Spain is harbored. His mission is to capture this prize which Britian sorely needs. After this mission he returns to London where he is ordered to th Mediterranean to intercept and destroy the Spanish fleet which is to join the French to invade England. the sea battles are extremey realistic.This reader had the sense of being there feeling the pain,the chaos,the tension, viewing the carnage.This book is an education of that period of history,the geography of the area involved,the social and political order of the day. It is a lesson in the intricacies of seamanship. It is a model for the management of men. The people are real with the relationsips between the officers and crew, with the ideals of honor, duty and loyalty. The regular characters have become friends to me. This is the 17th book depicting the life of Richard Bolitho. If you haven't read any others, don't miss the opportunity to do so.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Not my favorite, Nov. 23 2009
Par ironwood (Calgary, Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Honour This Day (Paperback)
If you think that you want to read naval fiction from around the era of Napoleon, start first with either the Hornblower series by C.S. Forester or the Aubrey/Maturin (Master and Commander) series by Patrick O'Brian. Both are excellent and although I prefer O'Brian for his development of the personal lives of his heroes and his humour the Forester work is rightfully the standard bearer for this genre and well worth a read.

When you have read and reread those 2 series if you still want more then start the Bolitho series but do it with the understanding that the first 8-10 books are more enjoyable than the later books. I read up to book 13 Inshore Squadron a few years back and by that time had more or less lost interest. I gave it a whirl recently with Tradition of Victory(14) and Honour This Day(17), 2 books reviewed a little higher than others that take place later in the series.

At some point it seems like Kent decided that he had to develop more of the personalities of his main characters and as the series progresses he does so. Unfotunately I find this aspect of the books increasingly tedious. Bolitho is, by this time in the series, equal to or perhaps superior to Nelson in his deeds and achievements. But he becomes paralised by seemingly minor developments in his relationships with others. Situations that seem to me to be relatively insignificant to the business at hand threaten his longstanding relationship with Herrick (the most loyal follower imaginable). He is cabable of falling desperately in (and out) of love after a momnet or so of contact with the object of his affections. He threatens his career throughout by actions one would think an Admiral of his standing would be able to manage substantially better. By extension it seems that this threatens virtually everyone that comes into contact with him. Frankly it is all just at little too much and takes away from the enjoyment of the naval action.

While I read Honour This Day through to conclusion I don't plan to buy any others in this series.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Great Fun, But No O'Brian, Mars 30 2001
Par Stephen P. Jones (Los Angeles, CA, USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
When I was younger, I picked up "Sloop of War" after I had run out of Hornblower novels. With the death of Patrick O'Brian, I returned to the Kent novels which I had stopped reading at "Signal -- Close Action !"

Bolitho hasn't changed. Sentimental -- brave -- generous -- loyal -- self-critical -- larger than life. Whereas Gene Roddenberry pictured Kirk as a 23rd century Hornblower, reserved, self-doubting, internally tortured, brilliant, and brave despite himself, Kent writes Bolitho the way William Shatner played Kirk.

The results are usually entertaining, as here. Kent draws ship-to-ship, cutting-out, and fleet actions as expertly as anyone who writes in this genre, plus he slips in an amount of sentiment that would make O'Brian or Forrester cringe, but it works because we know what a softie Bolitho is underneath. Kent draws the relationship between Bolitho and his officers, especially his nephew Adam, his flag captain Keen, and his cox'n Allday, affectingly (although the conflict with his old friend Herrick, now also a flag officer, seems contrived). The return of Catherine Pareja is a great move, as it allows Kent to write himself out of the hole he got into when he killed off Cheney, Bolitho's great love, then brought back her shadow in the form of Belinda, her look-alike cousin. Catherine brings back a little danger and spunk in the female lead.

But Kent's problems show between battles. There are occasional non-sequiturs in the writing. The dialogue can be stiff. Characters can act inconsistently with the way they were originally drawn, when it serves the plot. The final plot twist this time is awkward and falls flat. Kent handles ships, lines and sails well, but his knowledge of the rest of the history of the period seems sketchy, and his research regarding the workings of the Royal Navy at the time is nowhere near the level of Forrester or O'Brian.

If you're interested in the period and great characters, start with those two. If you love action, start with Bernard Cornwell. If you've read all of those, despite the flaws, Kent is well worth reading -- but we miss ye, Jack and Stephen !

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