Alan Lewrie naval adventures
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 1
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THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE CLASSIC SERIES OF ALAN LEWRIE NAVAL ADVENTURES
1780: Seventeen-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash, rebellious young libertine. So much so that his callous father believes a bit of navy discipline will turn the boy around. Fresh aboard the tall-masted Ariadne, Midshipman Lewrie heads for the war-torn Americas, finding-rather unexpectedly-that he is a born sailor, equally at home with the randy pleasures of the port and the raging...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 2
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Alan Lewrie is a scandalous young rake whose amorous adventures ashore lead to his being shipped off to the Navy. Lewrie finds that he is a born sailor, although life at sea is a stark contrast to the London social whirl to which he had become accustomed. As his career advances, he finds the life of a naval officer suits him.
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The king's commission , Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 3
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The king's privateer , Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 4
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 5
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It's 1786 and Alan Lewrie has his own ship at last, the Alacrity. Small but deadly, the Alacrity prowls the waters of the Caribbean, protecting British merchants from pirates. But Lewrie is still the same old rakehell he always was. Scandal sets tongues wagging in the Bahamas as the young captain thumbs his nose at propriety and makes a few well-planned conquests on land before sailing off to take on Calico Jack Finney, the boldest pirate in the Caribbean....
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 6
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Alan Lewrie, swashbuckling naval warrior turned family man, longs for battle. And when it comes, a royal battle it is! Called to the "H.M.S. Cockerel", First Officer Lewrie soon vaults to command. Fine.
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 7
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Alan Lewrie is now commander of HMS Jester, an 18-gun sloop. Lewrie sails into Corsica only to receive astonishing orders: he must lure his archenemy, French commander Guillaume Choundas, into battle and personally strike the malevolent spymaster dead. With Horatio Nelson as his squadron commander on one hand and a luscious courtesan who spies for the French on the other, Lewrie must pull out all the stops if he's going to live up to his own reputation...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 8
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The year is 1796 and the soil of Piedmont and Tuscany runs with blood, another battle takes shape on the mysterious Adriatic Sea. Alan Lewrie and his 18-gun sloop, HMS Jester, part of a squadron of four British warships, sail into the thick of it. But with England's allies failing, Napoleon busy rearranging the world map, and their squadron stretched dangerously thin along the Croatian coast, the British squadron commander strikes a devil's bargain:...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 9
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Following in the footsteps of Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey, whose ripping adventures capture thousands of new fans each year, comes the heir apparent to the mantle of Forester and O'Brian: Dewey Lambdin and his acclaimed Alan Lewrie series.In King's Captain, Alan Lewrie is promoted for his quick action in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent. But before he's even had a chance to settle into his new role, a mutiny rages through the fleet, and the sudden...
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Sea of grey: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure , Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 10
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Havoc's sword , Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 11
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The captain's vengeance: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure , Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 12
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A king's trade: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure , Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 13
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Troubled waters: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure , Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 14
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The Baltic gambit: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure , Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 15
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King, ship, and sword: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure , Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 16
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 17
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Thomas Dunne Books
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2011
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English
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1803. After reluctantly saving the last French citizens left on rebellious Haiti, Capt. Alan Lewrie finds himself invited back to London to receive honors from the King and soon finds himself back at sea testing a newfangled weapon called a "torpedo" and defending England from an invasion by Napoleon.
18) Reefs and shoals
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 18
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Thomas Dunne Books
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2012.
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1805. Captain Alan Lewrie of the Royal Navy is ordered to head to Cuba and Spanish Florida to search for French and Spanish privateers who have been preying on British merchantmen and discover if the privateers have been getting aid from the Americans.
19) Hostile shores
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 19
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Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Griffin
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2014
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English
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In 1805, with news of Admiral Nelson's death fresh on his mind, Captain Lewrie's ship joins up in the voyage that will culminate in the Battle of Cape Town, in which the British wrested control of South Africa from the Dutch.
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 20
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Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
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2014.
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English
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"The year 1807 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy. His frigate HMS Reliant has a new captain, he's living at his father's estate at Anglesgreen, among spiteful neighbors and family, and he's recovering from a wound suffered in the South Atlantic. At last, there's a bright spot. When fit, Admiralty awards him a new commission; not a frigate but a clumsy, slow two-decker Fourth Rate 50. Are his frigate days over for good? Lewrie's...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 21
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
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2015.
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"In Kings and Emperors, the twenty-first book in Dewey Lambdin's beloved Alan Lewrie series, Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is still in Gibraltar, his schemes for raids along the coast of Southern Spain shot to a halt. He is reduced to commanding a clutch of harbor defense gunboats in the bay while his ship, HMS Sapphire, slowly grounds herself on a reef of beef bones! Until Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of peaceful Portugal and his so-called collaborative...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 22
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
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2016.
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"Dewey Lambdin is the reigning master of maritime fiction, celebrated as the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester. For over twenty years, his devoted fans have followed the adventures of Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, from his days as a midshipmen to captain of his own ship and, though on somewhat dubious grounds, a baronetcy. 1809 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, and his ship, HMS Sapphire. They've extracted the sick, cold survivors of...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 23
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
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2017
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"Dewey Lambdin is the reigning master of maritime fiction, celebrated as the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester. For over twenty years, his devoted fans have followed the adventures of Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, from his days as a midshipman to captain of his own ship and, though on somewhat dubious grounds, a baronetcy. Summer, 1809, and Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, wins fame, glory, and prize-money leading his squadron to victory over four French...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 24
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018
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"Three mismatched troop transports, lots of 29-foot barges, and an under-strength regiment of foot--a waste of Royal Navy money, a doomed experiment, or a new way to bedevil Napoleon's army in Italy? Either way, it's Capt. Sir Alan Lewrie's idea, and it seems to be working, with successful raids all along the coast of Calabria. But it depends on timely information, and Lewrie must trust Don Julio Caesare, a lord of a Sicilian criminal underworld,...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 25
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"Lewrie loses his ship and his command when he receives news that Vigilance must return to England to be decommissioned and turned over to the dockyards for a complete refit. Lewrie is grounded, put on half-pay, and his crew disperses to look for new positions. It's late Autumn, and being ashore is heavenly, after a time. Lewrie spends time with his wife Jessica, helps his son Hugh find a new ship, and happily marries off Charlotte. Life onshore is...
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For king and country: the naval adventures of Alan Lewrie
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