Command A Kings Ship by Alexander Kent Paperback Book 9780099493891

In March 1784 at a time when most of the fleet was laid up His Majestys frigate Undine weighed anchor at Spithead to begin a voyage to India and far beyond As her new captain Richard Bolitho was glad to go despite the nature of his orders and the immensity of the voyage for he was leaving an England suffering from the aftermath of war