tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post6767553029128912345..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger - Alexander Kent (Douglas Reeman)James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-1122487712960889732023-01-21T08:05:43.606-06:002023-01-21T08:05:43.606-06:00That certainly sounds like a feasible theory to me...That certainly sounds like a feasible theory to me. It's all frontier fiction.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-59869130865513868112023-01-21T03:55:59.843-06:002023-01-21T03:55:59.843-06:00Mike Ashley disagrees, but I still can’t shake the...Mike Ashley disagrees, but I still can’t shake the impression that these kinds of stories are (probably along with other Colonial fiction) the British correspondent to western fiction in the Americas (as near as Canada and as remotely as Argentina as well, though also inspiring a fair amount of particularly British, German, Australian and other contributors to North American culture and Nature clash (if the films are any indication, Italy has had a thirst for this, too).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-4374505452497437152018-07-28T05:47:44.070-05:002018-07-28T05:47:44.070-05:00I used to pick these and the "Reeman" bo...I used to pick these and the "Reeman" books up in the summers in England, where they were plentiful in secondhand bookstores. Reading them? That's a different question.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-72766506663331340322018-07-27T13:57:01.759-05:002018-07-27T13:57:01.759-05:00I've read several Alexander Kent adventures an...I've read several Alexander Kent adventures and enjoyed them all. Now I want to drop everything and read another one!Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-25057681630843199632018-07-27T12:26:20.416-05:002018-07-27T12:26:20.416-05:00I liked this a little more than the first one, but...I liked this a little more than the first one, but never got to the next, and I'm not even sure I have it.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com