The Baltic Gambit, Dewey Lambdin
The Baltic Gambit, Dewey Lambdin
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The Baltic Gambit

Author: Dewey Lambdin

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 13 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/05/2019


Synopsis

January 1801, and Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, known as "St. Alan the Liberator" for freeing (stealing!) a dozen black slaves on Jamaica to man his frigate years before, is at last being brought to trial for it, with his life on the line. At the same time, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and Prussia are forming a League of Armed Neutrality, to Napoleon Bonaparte's delight, to deny Great Britain their vital exports, even if it means war. England will need all her experienced sea dogs, but . . . even Alan Lewrie?

Ultimately Lewis is acquitted, but he's also ignored by the Navy, so it's half-pay on "civvy street" for him, and with idle time on his mischievous hands, Lewrie is sure to get himself in trouble—again!—especially if there are young women and his wastrel public school friends involved . . . and they are! A brawl in a Panton Saint brothel, a drunk, infatuated young Russian count, precede Lewrie's summons to Admiralty and the command of the Thermopylae frigate to replace an ill captain as the fleet gathers to face down the League of the North, and its instigator, the mad Tsar Paul.

All that and the Battle of Copenhagen, too, and it's broadsides at close quarters, and treachery for Lewrie, forcing him to use all his wiles to survive!

About Dewey Lambdin

Dewey Lambdin is the author of the Alan Lewrie series. A member of the US Naval Institute and a Friend of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, he spends his free time working and sailing. (He has been a sailor since 1976.) He makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee, but would much prefer Margaritaville or Murrells Inlet.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Justin on June 09, 2021

Captain Alan Lewrie is once again caught up in Foreign Office intrigues and a new command which culminates in the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. Britain must break apart of the Russian-backed League of Armed Neutrality, either by diplomacy or by force. The events have to be understood against the larg......more

Goodreads review by Rich on June 24, 2021

I could not put this bastid down! A fantastic edition in the Lewrie series. The book starts out with our hero nip and tuck trying to keep his giblets in place as he stands trial for Junteenth-ing some slaves in Jamaica to supplement his depleted crew from Yellow-Jack fever (a truly nasty malady). We......more

Goodreads review by Terry on September 13, 2019

Captain Lewrie is back in action, although it takes half the book to get him back at sea. This time, the Danes, the Swedes and the Russians have banded together against the British, thus aiding Bonaparte in his attempt to conquer Europe. Lewrie has to first go to court to defend his actions in freei......more

Goodreads review by john temple on February 18, 2020

A good read This instalment is a bit slow in comparison to others in the series but is still worth reading. There is a bit too much detail in the tale about a romp with a prostitute, and the supposed possible duel over her is frankly unbelievable, but again the author as usual rescues the tale with t......more

Goodreads review by Sunhawk on September 14, 2020

Have my standards gone up? Did reading this out of order take a little of the edge off? The first half takes place in England and is kinda flat. The relationship with the lady of the night was sorta fun and predictably led to a later encounter, and, one presumes, this thread hasn't broken yet. Thed......more