Synopses & Reviews
The year 1807 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy. Hes living at his fathers estate at Anglesgreen, recovering from a wound suffered in the South Atlantic. At last theres a bright spot. Admiralty awards him a new commission, not a frigate but a clumsy, slow two-decker, Fourth Rate 50. Are his frigate days over for good?
Lewries ordered to Gibraltar, but Foreign Office Secret Branchs spies and manipulators have use for him, again! HMS Sapphire is the wrong ship for the task, raising chaos and mayhem along the Spanish coasts, and servicing agents and informers. What hes ordered to do needs soldiers, landing craft, and a transport ship, all of which he doesnt have, and must find a way to finagle it all.
He could beg off and say that its asking too much, but . . . Alan Lewrie is not a man to admit failure and defeat, and his quest might prove the most daunting of his long naval career.
Dewey Lambdin's The King's Marauder is the 20th thrilling installment in his highly acclaimed and beloved Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure series.
Review
Praise for
The King's Marauder "With Lewrie in command, action, adventure, and intrigue are guaranteed to keep discriminating fans of maritime historical fiction hugely entertained." —
Booklist"Another rollicking Lewrie adventure of iron men in wooden ships. … When guns are run out, Lambdin always offers a powder-reeking précis on fighting under sail. … Great fun on every page, and with more over the horizon." —Kirkus Reviews "Dewey Lambdins humor and charm, spiced with a healthy measure of salt air and the pungent aroma of burnt gunpowder, continues to engage readers. … Lambdin remains one of nautical fictions finest contemporary authors." —Quarterdeck
"Sir Alans adventures provide a wonderful brush with which to paint pictures of life in the Royal Navy during these history-rich years of revolution, diplomacy, and intrigue." —Chapter 16
Praise for the Alan Lewrie series
“Great naval action and deep historical detail in the vein of OBrian and Forester.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred)
“You could get addicted to this series. Easily.” —The New York Times Book Review
“The best naval adventure series since C. S. Forester.” —Library Journal
"Check the log, shipmate: Dewey Lambdin has left Alexander Kent and C.S. Forester hull-down in an ocean of words and is closing on Patrick O'Brian as the most prolific historical novelist to celebrate a Royal Navy mariner during the age of sail." —The Washington Times
"Lambdin succeeds with high-seas action, bravado, and Lewries characteristic antics, putting himself in good company with Julian Stockwin and Seth Hunter as worthy successors to the popular 18th- and 19th-century naval adventures of Forester, Kent, and Pope. ... Lewrie is a delightfully randy and irreverent character, the perfect man to walk the quarterdeck of a Royal Navy frigate." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A hugely entertaining naval adventure (á la Forester and OBrian) with a different kind of protagonist. ... Not merely a worthy entry in the very popular Lewrie series but a top-of-the-line naval adventure that can be thoroughly enjoyed by readers whove never met Captain Lewrie until now." —Booklist
“The brilliantly stylish American master of salty-tongued British naval tales." —Kirkus Reviews
“Lewrie is a marvelous creation, resourceful and bold.” —James L. Nelson, author of the Revolution at Sea Saga
“Stunning naval adventure, reeking of powder and mayhem. I wish I had written this series.” —Bernard Cornwell
"Naval adventures in the time of wooden ships and iron men form a distinct literary genre. Nashville novelist Dewey Lambdin has mastered it." —Chapter 16
Synopsis
It is the spring of 1807, and there is trouble on the Continent—which means opportunity for Captain Lewrie and the Royal Navy. Lewrie leaves England for Gibraltar, with orders to lead raids up and down the Spanish coast. But nothing can be that simple, and the mission is complicated not just by an incompetent Army officer but by a lurking Secret Branch agent with orders of his own. And that's not to mention the Spaniards, who aren't about to let the raiders carry on without a fight.
One of the most beloved authors of naval adventure writing today, Dewey Lambdin proves in The King's Marauder that after twenty years and twenty books, the Alan Lewrie series shows no signs of slowing down.
About the Author
Dewey Lambdin is the author of nineteen 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 makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee, but would much prefer Margaritaville or Murrells Inlet.