A hard, cruel shore : an Alan Lewrie naval adventure / Dewey Lambdin.
"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 Sir John Moore's army from disaster at Corunna, got hit by lightning while escorting the army to England, and suffered a shattered mainmast which may end Lewrie's active commission if a replacement can't be found or fashioned soon; Admiralty needs troopships, not slow, old 4th Rate two-deckers, so Lewrie must beg, borrow, steal, and gild the facts most glibly if he wishes to keep her and her skilled crew together. Just when he imagines he's succeeded, new orders come appointing him a Commodore over a wee squadron assigned to prey upon French seaborne supply convoys off the treacherous North coast of Spain, better known as the "Costa da Morte," the Coast of Death, where the sea may be more dangerous to him and his ships than the French Navy! Basing out of newly-won Lisbon, where Lewrie hopes his mistress from Gibraltar, Maddalena Covilh might move, he's sure of one thing: it's going to be a rocky year that, hopefully, doesn't involve wrecking on the rugged shores of Spain!"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250030092
- ISBN: 1250030099
- Physical Description: 339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2016.
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Subject: | Lewrie, Alan (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Ship captains > Great Britain > Fiction. Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century > Fiction. |
Genre: | Sea fiction. Historical fiction. Action and adventure fiction. Fiction. |
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Statesville Main Library | F LAMBDIN (Text) | 33114017761354 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |