Post by Sarah H(When naval content is combined with erotica then I'll develop an
interest)
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Sarah H
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You're in luck, Sarah!
The first Alan Lewrie novel's first scene has his father finding him in
bed with his half-sister. Things just get better from there...
"The King's Coat by Dewey Lambdin -- First book in this swashbuckling
series in which a likable young Alan Lerie discovers that he's born to
be a sailor both in action at sea and in lewd intervals ashore."
This is one of our favorites amongst the array of historical sea
fiction sagas. They are bold, funny, and exciting adventures. Be
prepared for a different kind of hero, though. Alan Lewrie is a
scandalous young rake whose amorous adventures ashore lead to his being
shipped off to the Navy. He 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. He finds himself in one scrape after another,
often of his own making, but in true "swashbuckling" fashion manages to
come out of them with flying colors (and lessons learned!) Lambdin
writes authoritatively of ships and life at sea, but he also tells a
rousing, high-paced adventure story.
The King's Coat The first of the Alan Lewrie naval adventures is set in
1780 near the conclusion of the Revolutionary War. The
seventeen-year-old 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 '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 battles on the high seas.
The French Admiral Here is the "missing Lambdin", the second in the
Alan Lewrie series which has been out-of-print in hardcover and now
published for the first time in paperback. Here we join Lewrie at the
siege of Yorktown, near the end of the Revolutionary War. Pounded by
the American forces on land and the deadly warships of their French
allies at sea, the once-proud city is aflame and near ruin. The Royal
Navy, with heavily-armed frigates, is poised to break through the
French blackade. Aboard HMS 'Desperate', Midshipman Lewrie sets his
gunners to their lethal work firing broadsides of 24-pound shot at the
enemy vessels.
The King's Commission Number three in the series. Set in 1782, Lewrie
finds himself commissioned first officer of the brig o'war 'Shrike',
off to patrol the North American coast and attempt to bring the
Muskogees and Seminoles onto the British side against the American
rebels.
The King's Privateer Number four in the series. 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, a King's privateer is free to plunge into the
fire and blood of a dirty little war on the high South China Sea.
Gun Ketch Number five in the series. A fighter, rogue, and ladies man,
Alan Lewrie has done the unthinkable and gotten himself hitched-to a
woman and a ship! The woman is Caroline Chiswick. The ship is the gun
ketch 'Alacrity', bound for the Bahamas and a bloody game of cat and
mouse with the pirates who ply the lunatic winds there. Sure that a
powerful Bahamian merchant is behind a scourge of piracy, Lewrie runs
afoul of the Royal Governor-who holds the most precious hostage of
all.
H.M.S. Cockerel Number six in the Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure series. A
farmer, a bloody farmer! Knee-deep in dung and leagues from the nearest
port, Alan Lewrie, swashbuckling naval warrior turned family man, longs
for battle. Called to the HMS 'Cockerel', a sleek frigate captained by
a malaria-stricken tyrant, First Officer Lewrie soon vaults to command,
taking 'cockerel' from the lush pleasures of the Kingdom of Naples to a
smoking cauldron called Toulon. There, and outnumbered coalition of
former enemies is being drawn into a terrible land-sea battle against
the revolutionary French.
A King's Commander Number seven in the series. It is 1794, and
Commander Alan Lewrie is at the helm of the H.M.S. 'Jester'. But when
Lewrie reaches the island of Corsica he gets orders for which even he
is not prepared: lure his archenemy, French commander Guillaume
Chondas, into battle-and personally strike him dead.
Jester's Fortune Number eight in the series. In 1796 the British Navy
hopes to contain Napoleon's conquest of Italy and the Austrian Empire
by controlling the Adriatic Sea. Commander Lewrie and his sloop HMS
'Jester', in a squadron of only four ships, is in the thick of it.
Spread too thinly along the Croatian coast, the squadron has warily
enlisted the aid of Serbian pirates, with results that put them in even
greater peril.
The King's Captain This is number nine in the Alan Lewrie series.
This highly entertaining adventure has Lewrie being promoted for his
role in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and awarded command of a new
frigate. His future seems assured, but before he's even had a chance
to settle into his new role, mutiny blazes through the fleet, and
Lewrie finds himself battling an old enemy for control of this ship.
The problems that await him on his own ship, however, make him wish he
was back under the Spanish guns, and the sudden reappearance of an old
enemy has Lewrie fighting not just for his command, but for his life.
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