The Inshore Squadron (Paperback, New edition)

Copenhagen,1800. After seven years of cruel war against France, Britain's long-standing ally, Denmark,s uddenly poses a threat. The scene of battle shifts abruptly from Europe to the Baltic where the British Navy encounters the bitter hardship of blockade duty. Richard Bolitho, recently appointed rear-admiral, is in charge of his first squadron, and is thrown immediately into a fierce and bloody struggle with the enemy.