Spithead 1784. His Majesty's Frigate Undine sets sail for India and the seas beyond Europe may be at peace - but in colonial watersthe promises of statesmencount for little and the bloody struggle for supremacy still goes on.

Richard Bolitho would have cause to remember his Admiral's words: ‘The task I am giving you would be better handled by a squadron.'

Author: Alexander Kent

Title: Command a King’s Ship

Series: Bolitho

First Published by: Hutchinson

Place: London

Format: HC

Date: 1973

ISBN-10: 0091168007

ISBN-13: 9780091168001