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 battles on the high seas. But in a hail of cannonballs comes a bawdy surprise.
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 battles on the high seas. But in a hail of cannonballs comes a bawdy surprise.
Dewey Lambdin (1945-2021) was a sailor for many years and also worked as a director, writer, and producer in television and advertising. He was a member of the U.S. Naval Institute, the Cousteau Society, and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and was a Friend of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England. Besides the Alan Lewrie series, he was also the author of What Lies Buried: A Novel of Old Cape Fear. He lived in Nashville, Tennessee.
. . . his portrayal of the foul conditions aboard the creaking,
uncomfortable vessels of the 18th century are well done. For
readers who enjoy action and adventure, this one is sure to
please.
. . . stacks up well against C.S. Forester's Hornblower and
Alexander Kent's Bolitho.
. . . this auspicious beginning of a series has a very modern
sensibility.
If Horatio Hornblower is the gentleman's sailor and Jack Aubrey is
the thinking man's sailor, Lewrie is of and for the working class.
Pugnacious and randy, he's a refreshing sea breeze.
Stunning naval adventure, reeking of powder and mayhem. I wish I
had written this series.
The brilliantly stylish American master of salty-tongued British
naval tales.
You could get addicted to this series. Easily.
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