A King's Commander

So, second Alan Lewrie book I've read (back to back) this week. I like these books and wish I could give them a bit higher rating. I'm sure others will but for me every time Alan leaves his ship the story slows to a crawl. Alan has received his first command here and having received promotion to Comm......more

Book 7 in Lambdin's series, and he holds my interest. Inexorably sexist, as (presumably) were the times, our hero lets his "wedding tackle" lead him into further embroilments leading, of course, to an unpleasant denouement. An old nemesis reappears and seems to be bested; would we be wrong to expect......more

A King’s Commander, the seventh in the series of fighting sail novels about Alan Lewrie, is almost like an anthology of short stories. I say, “almost,” because there is a continuing and developing plot that runs through the various segments like a string pulling together beads in a necklace. Yet, th......more

3/5. 5 is for books I will read again and again. 4 is for things I would like to read again sometime. 3 is good, but not that good! I was put off by the funeral – burial at sea. Spoilers – someone dies! The problem is, when you know about something in some detail and you see they have it so wrong, th......more