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Havoc's Sword: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure

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If you're interested in a dry, historically precise, nautical read lacking humor, this may not be the read for you. However, if you enjoy spot-on period characterizations of the late 18th early 19th century nautical world, this is a book you should read.
Lambdin writes with great humor; sometimes tongue in cheek. His characters are captivating, often flawed but always in keeping with the mores of the time. For an American, his knowledge of British seamanship and ability to write from an English perspective is nothing short of amazing. His ability to incorporate historical events into stories of great adventure will certainly encourage younger readers as well amateur historians to do further research on the events he cites. (...)
At no small expense, I have managed to collect all of Dewey Lambdin's books in hardcover so that future generations of my family may be thoroughly entertained by an arousing romp through the "not-so-distant past". I highly recommend all of Lamdin's work to those readers who possess a love of adventure as well as a sense of humor. Warning: Not for the prudish.

While this latest adventure doesn't have the punch of some of the earlier novels it does set the stage for Alan Lewrie's followers to have some interesting reading in the future. Very solid in maintaining Lambdin's grasp of the nautical aspects...although I will say that Soft Rabbit's son making an appearance is a bit of a stretch.

After almost 2 yrs. waiting for this book I was very disappointed.Its the worst book so far.I was looking forward to a great read after mr. lambdins long vacation.This book sucked....