Band of Brothers

The 26th and final Bolitho novel in this phenomenally successful and well-loved series. In this the long-awaited conclusion of Alexander Kents midshipman trilogy the new year of 1774 seems to offer Richard Bolitho and his friend Martyn Dancer the culmination of a dream. Both have been recommended for promotion although they have not yet gained the coveted lieutenants commission. But a routine passage from Plymouth to Guernsey in an untried schooner becomes for Bolitho a passage from midshipman to Kings officer tempering the promise of the future with the bitter price of maturity.