Dewey Lambdin
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
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Description
Respected political leader Harry Tresmayne has been found murdered beside a lonely road on Cape Fear. Harry's friend, Matthew Livesey, is drawn to investigate the truth, and the more Livesey learns about Harry's private life, the more reasons for murder he finds.
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 1
Language
English
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Description
The very first Alan Lewrie naval adventure in this classic series is now back in print!
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...
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...
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
1782 First officer on brig o'war . . .
Fresh from duty on the frigate Desperate in her fight with the French Capricieuse off St. Kitts, Midshipman Alan Lewrie passes his examination board for Lieutenancy and finds himself commissioned first officer of the brig o'war Shrike. There's time for some dalliance with the fair sex, and then Lieutenant Lewrie must be off to patrol the North American coast and attempt to bring the Muskogees and Seminoles...
Fresh from duty on the frigate Desperate in her fight with the French Capricieuse off St. Kitts, Midshipman Alan Lewrie passes his examination board for Lieutenancy and finds himself commissioned first officer of the brig o'war Shrike. There's time for some dalliance with the fair sex, and then Lieutenant Lewrie must be off to patrol the North American coast and attempt to bring the Muskogees and Seminoles...
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 18
Pub. Date
2012.
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
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 19
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Participating in the 1805 Battle of Cape Town after the death of Admiral Nelson, Captain Lewrie voyages to South America to assist Britain's campaigns on the Spanish colonies only to confront a formidable adversary.
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 9
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 17
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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 8
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 22
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 10
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
391 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 20
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
355 pages : illustrations ; 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...
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 12
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Searching for a prize ship that has been stolen along with its crew from war-stricken 1799 Dominica, captain Alan Lewrie finds himself in the infamous pirate waters off of New Orleans and is forced to relinquish his command in order to identify the thieves.