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Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 14
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fourteenth tale in Dewey Lambdin's classic naval adventure series
Spring of 1800, and Captain Alan Lewrie, fresh from victory in the South Atlantic, is reckoned a hero on a par with Nelson in all the papers. Back in England, he's fitting out his new frigate, HMS Savage, the fruits of that victory, the largest and best-armed frigate he's ever commanded. But you can't leave Lewrie ashore too long without trouble arising.
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Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 17
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After reluctantly saving the last French citizens left on rebellious Haiti, 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.
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 16
Language
English
Description
When war breaks out again in May of 1803, Lewrie has fresh orders, a new frigate, and a chance to punish and pursue the French, but it's no longer for Duty or King and Country--now it's personal.
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 4
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Back from war in the Americas, young navy veteran Alan Lewrie finds London pure pleasure. Then, at Plymouth he boards the trading ship Telesto, to find out why merchantmen are disappearing in the East Indies. Between the pungent shores of Calcutta and teeming Canton, Lewrie - reunited with his scoundrel father - discovers a young French captain, backed by an armada of Mindanaon pirates, on a plundering rampage. While treaties tie the navy's hands,...
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 15
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
Physical Desc
353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
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..
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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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