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Troubled Waters: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure [Paperback]

Dewey Lambdin (Author)
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Release Date: Jan 6 2009 | Series: Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures (Book 14)

Troubled Waters is the fourteenth tale in Dewey Lambdin's classic naval adventure series.

It is the spring of 1800. Captain Alan Lewrie, fresh from victory in the South Atlantic, is back in England and fitting out his new frigate, the HMS Savage. But true to fashion, Lewrie can't stay ashore too long with out trouble arising. A Jamaican court has tried him in absentia and sentenced him to hang for the theft of a dozen Black slaves. The vengeful slave-owner has made his way to London to seek Lewrie's end . . . with or without the majesty of the law!

To complicate matters further, Lewrie must also deal with allegations that he is a faithless rakehell, his wife has informed through anonymous letters. Despite shoreside legal matters, Lewrie takes the Savage on King's business to Sou'west France to plug the threat of enemy warships, privateers, and neutrals smuggling goods in and out of Bordeaux. It could be dull and plodding dreariness, but a bored Captain Alan Lewrie, safe in his post (for the moment), can be a dangerous fellow to his country's foes . . . if only to relieve the tedium!

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During the Napoleonic Wars, Royal Navy Capt. Alan Lewrie (Sea of Grey) finds that he has been sentenced to death in absentia by a Jamaican kangaroo court for stealing slaves, and is pursued to England by enemies trying to carry out that sentence. As the famously byzantine British legal system grinds on, Lewrie becomes a cause célèbre among William Wilberforce's abolitionists, who hire a hotshot barrister to defend Lewrie. While waiting for his case to come up, Lewrie (released until then because of his social standing) returns to H.M.S. Savage, now on blockade duty off southwest France. He quickly turns a dull assignment on its ears by organizing an amphibious raid against fortifications on the French coast while dealing with an old rival with a grudge and a secret. Lambdin manages to make the Bleak House–like British legal system of the era comprehensible to the layman, while his mastery of period naval warfare gives his battles real punch. (Jan.)
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Praise for Dewey Lambdin and the Alan Lewrie series

 “You could get addicted to this series. Easily.” --The New York Times Book Review

“The brilliantly stylish American master of salty-tongued British naval tales.” --Kirkus Reviews

“The best naval adventure series since C. S. Forester.” --Library Journal

“Lewrie is a marvelous creation, resourceful and bold.” --James L. Nelson, author of the Revolution at Sea Saga

“[A] rousing series of nautical adventures." --Booklist

 

 

 

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Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, stepped out of the doors of the George Inn, just as the watch bells of a myriad of warships and merchant vessels in Portsmouth Harbour began to chime the end of the Morning Watch-Eight Bells, and the start of the Forenoon-in a distant, jangly ting-tinging much like what a rider near London might hear from church bells of a Sunday morning. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars Lewrie's past catching up??? Oct 18 2009
By Christopher Cheston
Format:Paperback
Past exploits are catching him up. A good read but less 'action' than normal. The old British legal system is paramount to this tale and does get a little tedious. Other than that, the saga cotinues....
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5.0 out of 5 stars Troubled Waters Feb 9 2008
By Karen Thompson - Published on Amazon.com
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I really enjoy this author's books. None of the Alan Lewrie books have been a disappointment. They are a clever, witty story that leave you excited for the next installment in the series.

If you're looking for a story with lots of cannon fire, smoke, guns and swords crossed then look no futher. Be sure to start at the beginning of the series with book #1 Kings Coat.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Napoleonic War military tale Jan 11 2008
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
In the early nineteenth century as England fights Napoleon, Royal Navy Captain Alan Lewrie learns that he has been sentenced to death in absentia by a Jamaican court allegedly for stealing slaves. Those who arranged the sham trial have come to England to execute him, claiming they carry out a legal sentencing that England by law must adhere to.

Meanwhile William Wilberforce and his abolitionist backers see Lewrie as an opportunity to focus on the inhumanity of slavery. They hire him a highly regarded barrister to defend him in court once his case appears on the docket. Freed because he is an aristocrat, Lewrie returns to his ship the H.M.S. Savage, blockading the seas off southwest France. Instead of sitting around, Lewrie sees a chance to cause havoc by leading a naval assault against the French coast.

The Lewrie historical naval novels (see A KING'S COMMANDER and A KING'S TRADE, etc.) are always some of the best Napoleonic War military tales around. TROUBLED WATERS is much more although the at sea battles are as great as ever. However, this time the audience also gets a chance to follow the English legal system that makes the DNA double helix look like a kindergarten puzzle. Dewey Lambkin keeps his excellent series fresh and exciting.

Harriet Klausner
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5.0 out of 5 stars Troubled Waters - a review Feb 9 2008
By David Schultz - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
The entire Alan Lewrie series is immensely readable and enjoyable. It is, of course, not brilliant, high brow "naval adventure literature" like O'Brian but it doesn't try to be. It is simply rollicking action packed good fun. To be fully appreciated, this new installment (#14) should not be the first Lewrie book you should read. It is best enjoyed in the context of the full series (very highly recommended in its entirety).. I very, very seldom buy a book in hardcover -- but I did this one and will do so for #15 due, presumably, in 2010.
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