A King's Trade - (Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures) by Dewey Lambdin (Paperback)
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Highlights
- A King's Trade is the powder-packed thirteenth installment in Dewey Lambdin's classic naval adventure series.
- About the Author: Dewey Lambdin is the author of the Alan Lewrie novels.
- 352 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
- Series Name: Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures
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About the Book
Capt. Alan Lewrie of England's Royal Navy and his men encounter their fiercest fight yet, where though the stakes are inconceivably high, the rewards may be higher.Book Synopsis
A King's Trade is the powder-packed thirteenth installment in Dewey Lambdin's classic naval adventure series.
After Yellow Fever decimated the crew of Alan Lewrie's HMS Proteus, it had seemed like a knacky idea to abscond with a dozen slaves from a Jamaican plantation to help man his frigate. But two years later, Lewrie is now suspected of the deed. Slave-stealing is a hanging offense, and suddenly his neck is at risk of a fatal stretching. Once Lewrie has escaped, the master Foreign Office spy, Zachariah Twigg, arranges for a long voyage even further out of the law's reach, to Cape Town and India, as escort to an East India Company convoy. At the Cape of Good Hope a British circus and theatrical troupe also joins the party, teeming with tempting female acrobats, nubile bareback riders, and alluring "actresses" like the seductive but deadly archer, Eudoxia Durschenko! It will take all Lewrie's shrewd guile, wit, and steely self-control to worm his way out of trouble, and keep his breeches chastely buttoned to avoid even more troubles . . . or will he?Review Quotes
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"
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"
About the Author
Dewey Lambdin is the author of the Alan Lewrie novels. A member of the U.S. Naval Institute and a Friend of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, he spends his free time working and sailing on a rather tatty old sloop. He makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee.