Heart of Oak (36 page)
Authors: Alexander Kent
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| 1756 | Richard born in Falmouth, son of James Bolitho |
| 1768 | Entered the Kig’s service as a midshipman in Manxman |
| 1772–74 | Midshipman, Gorgon and Avenger (The Complete Midshipman Bolitho) |
| 1774 | Promoted Lieutenant, Destiny ; Rio and the Caribbean (Stand into Danger) |
| 1775–77 | Lieutenant, Trojan , during the American Revolution. Later appointed prizemaster (In Gallant Company) |
| 1778 | Promoted Commander, Sparrow ; Battle of the Chesapeake (Sloop of War) |
| 1780 | Birth of Adam, illegitimate son of Hugh Bolitho and Kerenza Pascoe |
| 1782 | Promoted Captain, Phalarope; West Indies; Battle of Saintes (To Glory We Steer) |
| 1784 | Captain, Undine; India and East Indies (Command a King’s Ship) |
| 1787 | Captain, Tempest ; Great South Sea; Tahiti; suffered serious fever (Passage to Mutiny) |
| 1792 | Captain, the Nore; Recruiting (With All Despatch) |
| 1793 | Captain, Hyperion; Mediterranean; Bay of Biscay; West Indies. Adam Pascoe, later Bolitho, enters the King’s service as a midshipman aboard Hyperion (Form Line of Battle! and Enemy in Sight!) |
| 1795 | Promoted Flag Captain, Euryalus; involved in the Great Mutiny; Mediterranean; promoted Commodore (The Flag Captain) |
| 1798 | Battle of the Nile (Signal–Close Action!) |
| 1800 | Promoted Rear-Admiral; Baltic (The Inshore Squadron) |
| 1801 | Biscay; Prisoner of war (A Tradition of Victory) |
| 1802 | Promoted Vice-Admiral; West Indies (Success to the Brave) |
| 1803 | Mediterranean (Colours Aloft!) |
| 1805 | Battle of Trafalgar (Honour This Day) |
| 1806–07 | Good Hope and the second battle of Copenhagen (The Only Victor) |
| 1808 | Shipwrecked off Africa (Beyond the Reef) |
| 1809–10 | Mauritius campaign (The Darkening Sea) |
| 1812 | Promoted Admiral; second American war (For My Country’s Freedom) |
| 1814 | Defence of Canada (Cross of St George) |
| 1815 | Richard Bolitho killed in action (Sword of Honour) . Adam Bolitho, Captain, Unrivalled ; Mediterranean (Second to None) |
| 1816 | Anti-slavery patrols; Sierra Leone; Battle of Algiers (Relentless Pursuit) |
| 1817 | Flag Captain, Athena ; Antigua and Caribbean (Man of War) |
| 1818 | Captain, Onward ; Mediterranean (Heart of Oak) |
is the pen name of British author Douglas Reeman. Reeman joined the Royal Navy at sixteen, serving on destroyers and small craft during WWII. After the war, he turned to writing, publishing numerous books under his own name, and the Bolitho series under the Kent pseudonym. The immensely popular Bolitho novels have been translated into nearly two dozen languages. Reeman lives with his wife, Kim, in Surrey, England. Among his prize possessions are Horatio Nelson’s armchair from the
Victory
, and a replica thirty-two-pounder cannon, which he keeps vigilantly pointed toward France.
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