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To Glory We Steer

By: Alexander Kent
Narrated by: Michael Jayston
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January 1782, Portsmouth. His Britannic Majesty's frigate Phalarope is ordered to the assistance of the hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean. Aboard is her new commander - Richard Bolitho.

To all appearances the Phalarope is everything a young captain could wish for. But beneath the surface she is a deeply unhappy ship - her wardroom torn by petty greed and ambition, her deckhands driven to near mutiny by senseless ill treatment.

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These books are brilliant I can stop listening to them :))
The facts and detail are incredible the reader is perfect for this character

Historical detail and great characters

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Loved it! although I'll miss Stockdale his guardian.

Story excellent. Can't wait till next one.

Stockdale Gone

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Another thrilling book by Alexander Kent. Looking forward to the next one in the series

Excellent reading

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The entire series is quite bingeable and one that I highly recommend. I generally listen to books in the car and these are so good I don't want to get out and stop the story.

A proper swash buckling adventure

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One of my father's favourite authors whom I have enjoyed also over the years.

Amazing story of Sail and gallantry.

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I bought this because I had exhausted Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey-Maturin series. I loved it, it's a good solid adventure on the high seas. None of the characters seemed as real or three-dimensional as O'Brien's characters, but it's still an excellent, immersive and satisfying maritime tale.

Adventure at sea.

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The binge continues for me with another outing with Bolitho as the series goes from strength to strength. Bolitho is given what appears to be a fantastic opportunity, a new frigate of his own to command! But a ship is only as good as the men within it and this one has some particularly interesting characters aboard.

An additional thing that I do like about this series, and I hugely thank Audible for bringing it to life so well, is that Kent builds some great characters but isn't afraid to sacrifice some of them to the purposes of the story to keep it feeling real.

And one thing that is important to note is that although if you do look at the Audible series list it appears there are big gaps in what's available. For example Signal, Close Action! is listed as missing but it you search on the title you can find it. So don't be put off!

A Strong Wind in his Sails!

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I re-read Patrick O'Brian regularly so tried this to broaden my perspective of the period. Unfortunately, the characters are shallow and clumsily drawn and the dialogue is laughably unrealistic. The narrator absolutely murders the pronunciation of 'Phalarope' all the way through - I expect 100 jarring times - it makes the name of the ship nonsensical. He does the same with 'grimaced' which just highlights its overuse through the text - everyone has a few grimAYses in this tale. Back to O'Brian for me.

disappointing

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