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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 6
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"H.M.S Cockerel follows Lieutenant Alan Lewrie to the bloody battle for the French port of Toulon during the French Revolution, featuring the actions of, among others, an obscure young artillery brigadier named Napoleon Bonaparte. Toulon, one of the most significant battles of the time, with worldwide consequences, serves as the exciting backdrop in this latest adventure, which is full of Alan Lewrie's trademark passion and derring-do."--BOOK JACKET....
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"Every [Aubrey-Maturin] book is packed to absolute straining with erudition, wit, history, and thunderous action." —Joe Hill
Stranded in Malta, Captain Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin must be careful, for the salons and dockyards are infested with Napoleon's spies, and there is a traitor in the British intelligence network. This installment of Patrick O'Brian's "20-volume masterpiece" (Christopher Hitchens) takes...Author
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
1994
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284 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Continues the saga of Jack Aubrey, brilliant yet disgraced officer, and Stephan Maturin, ship's surgeon and British intelligence operator. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace.
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Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels volume 18
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c1996
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261 p. ; 22 cm.
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John Pearce novels volume 14
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Allison & Busby Limited
Pub. Date
2017.
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350 pages ; 23 cm
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John Pearce is going home. But he has to avoid capture by an Algerine warship, having his Pelicans pressed into a British frigate and that's before they are at risk of being hanged for desertion once home. Then there is the problem of Emily Barclay and their son Adam. By cunning and bluff he protects his friends, but not his troubled love life. In a whirlwind of action, there are forged wills, devious trades, contrived murders and dangerous spy missions,...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 20
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Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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"The year 1807 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy. His frigate HMS Reliant has a new captain, he's living at his father's estate at Anglesgreen, among spiteful neighbors and family, and he's recovering from a wound suffered in the South Atlantic. At last, there's a bright spot. When fit, 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? Lewrie's...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 21
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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"In Kings and Emperors, the twenty-first book in Dewey Lambdin's beloved Alan Lewrie series, Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is still in Gibraltar, his schemes for raids along the coast of Southern Spain shot to a halt. He is reduced to commanding a clutch of harbor defense gunboats in the bay while his ship, HMS Sapphire, slowly grounds herself on a reef of beef bones! Until Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of peaceful Portugal and his so-called collaborative...
13) A sea of gold
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Kydd novels volume 21
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Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2018.
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xiii, 382 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
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1809. After his heroic actions during the retreat to Corunna, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is the toast of London society. Here he falls in with the legendary frigate captain, Lord Thomas Cochrane. So begins a relationship, professional and personal, that will be unlike any that Kydd has known: a relationship that will lead him, almost simultaneously, to first glory, then ruin. The French fleet is massing in the Basque Roads in a near impregnatable position....
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 23
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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354 pages ; 24 cm.
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"Dewey Lambdin is the reigning master of maritime fiction, celebrated as the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester. For over twenty years, his devoted fans have followed the adventures of Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, from his days as a midshipman to captain of his own ship and, though on somewhat dubious grounds, a baronetcy. Summer, 1809, and Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, wins fame, glory, and prize-money leading his squadron to victory over four French...
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
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2 DVDs (ca. 185 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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In 1787, the HMS Bounty sets out on a journey that will take it through perilous seas to a tropical paradise--and into history as one of the most ill-fated vessels ever to sail for King and country.
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 22
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Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Dewey Lambdin is the reigning master of maritime fiction, celebrated as the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester. For over twenty years, his devoted fans have followed the adventures of Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, from his days as a midshipmen to captain of his own ship and, though on somewhat dubious grounds, a baronetcy. 1809 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, and his ship, HMS Sapphire. They've extracted the sick, cold survivors of...
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This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors...
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W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2006
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xii, 560 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
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Describes the origins and early history of the American Navy, discussing the debates by the founding fathers over the need for a permanent military, the decision to construct six heavy frigates, the campaign against Tripoli, and the War of 1812.
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