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FICTION / Action & Adventure FICTION / Historical FICTION / Sea Stories Great Britain Great Britain History, Naval 18th century Fiction Great Britain History, Naval 19th century Fiction Lewrie, Alan (Fictitious character) Fiction Ship captains Ship captains Fiction Ship captains Great Britain FictionLambdin, Dewey
Summary: From reigning master of martime fiction Dewey Lambdin comes the latest in the Alan Lewrie naval series, An Onshore Storm, where Lewrie will take on his roughest adventure: maritime life beyond the navy For over twenty years, Dewey Lambdin's 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAMDavies, J. D.
Summary: Beset by pirates, Knights of Malta, and saboteurs, Captain Matthew Quinton sails to Africa in pursuit of a mountain of gold. When a captured Barbary pirate saves his neck with a tall tale of a fabled mountain of gold, Quinton has his doubts. But King Charles II can't resist the chance to outstrip the Dutch with a limitless source of wealth. With the devious pirate O'Dwyer in tow, Quinton...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAVKent, Alexander.
Summary: Filled with high-seas intrigue and sharp tensions, this nautical novel takes an intense voyage into the heart of Napoleonic-era Africa. The year is 1819 and Captain Adam Bolitho has been sent on an urgent but risky mission to make a fast passage from Plymouth to Freetown, West Africa, with secret orders for the senior officer stationed there. Due to the slave trade being declared illegal, ships...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McBooks Press 2011
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Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAMLambdin, Dewey
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAMO'Brian, Patrick
Summary: As Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are on their way home to report their latest victory to the government, they are menaced by those out to capture Maturin for his actions against the French intelligence network in the New World
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1992
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OBRLambdin, Dewey.
Summary: "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 SouthAtlantic. 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAMLambdin, Dewey.
Summary: After peace between France and England abruptly ends, Captain Alan Lewrie must flee Paris, but soon he has a chance to seek revenge on his former French host in a stunning sea chase that will test him like no other challenge he has faced.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAMSchellman, Katharine
Summary: "London 1815. Though newly-widowed Lily Adler is returning to a society that frowns on independent women, she is determined to create a meaningful life for herself even without a husband. She's no stranger to the glittering world of London's upper crust. At a ball thrown by her oldest friend, Lady Walter, she expects the scandal, gossip, and secrets. What she doesn't expect is the dead body in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane Books 2020
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Summary: While on route to the Caribbean to meddle with French shipping to the colonies, Captain Charles Hayden must deal with two dilemmas when the HMS Themis first rescues a suspicious pair of Spanish castaways whose origins and agenda are suspect, and then stumbles across a crippled slave ship. Upon arriving at the Barbados station, he finds himself under the command of the impetuous and foolhardy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014