Download or read book Signal—Close Action! written by Alexander Kent and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1798. Napoleon's naval forces are amassing in the Mediterranean, preparing to annex Egypt, and it is there the newly-promoted Commodore Richard Bolitho is sent with a small squadron of ships under his command.