Synopses & Reviews
December, 1801. The Peace of Amiens ends the long war with Napoleon Bonapartes France, but Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is appalled by its consequences. What is a dashing and successful frigate captain to do with himself ashore on half-pay? And where will Lewrie twiddle his thumbs until the war begins again, as hes sure it will? Rejoin his wife and in-laws who (mostly) despise him like the Devil hates Holy Water, on his rented farm in Surrey? Peace and domesticity are hellish hard on the rakehells!
Yet by the spring of 1802, Lewrie and his Caroline have somewhat reconciled and are off to make a go of a second honeymoon—in Paris, France, of all places! There, Lewrie finds himself rubbing shoulders with soldiers, spies, and even First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte himself. When Lewrie cant help spurring Napoleon into a “kick-furniture” rage, he and Caroline must flee for their lives.
When war breaks out again in May of 1803, Lewrie has fresh orders, a new frigate, and a chance to punish and pursue the French, but its no longer for duty or king and country—now its personal!
Review
“Stunning naval adventure, reeking of powder and mayhem. I wish I had written this series.”
—Bernard Cornwell
“His mastery of period naval warfare gives his battles real punch.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Readers who havent yet sampled Lewries adventures need only know that comparisons to Forester and OBrian are entirely appropriate.”
—Booklist“The best naval adventure series since C.S. Forester."---Library Journal
About the Author
DEWEY LAMBDIN is the author of fifteen previous 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 (he's been a sailor since 1976). He makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee, but would much prefer Margaritaville or Murrells Inlet.