The Kings Coat, Dewey Lambdin
The Kings Coat, Dewey Lambdin
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The King's Coat

Author: Dewey Lambdin

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 13 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/09/2010


Synopsis

The very first Alan Lewrie naval adventure in this classic series is now back in print!

1780: Seventeen-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash, rebellious young libertine. So much so that his callous father believes a bit of navy discipline will turn the boy around. Fresh aboard the tall-masted Ariadne, Midshipman Lewrie heads for the war-torn Americas, finding--rather unexpectedly--that he is a born sailor, equally at home with the randy pleasures of the port and the raging battles on the high seas. But in a hail of cannonballs comes a bawdy surprise. . . .

About The Author

Dewey Lambdin, a self-described navy brat, has been a sailor since 1976, with a special taste for cruising the Gulf of Mexico in his sloop. He is the author of seven Alan Lewrie novels: The King's Coat, The French Admiral, The King's Commission, The King's Privateer, The Gun Ketch, HMS Cockerel, and A King's Commander. A member of the Naval Institute, Dewey Lambdin makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee.


Reviews

Not a bad book (series of books, does anyone write stand alone novels anymore?), not Patrick O'Brian, or C. S. Forester, but not bad. I enjoyed some of this book and it's got it's points (good and bad). The story telling might be a little more shallow than the writers I listed above, but it's readab......more

Goodreads review by Tanya

LOVE these books. Far less serious than the Hornblower or the O'Brien books, lots of fun and action. If you love nautical fiction try the first anyhow.......more

Goodreads review by Jean

I enjoy historical novels about the British Naval during the era of sail, particularly in the late 1700s to the early 1800s. There are many great writers in this genre that I have enjoyed such as C. S. Forester, Patrick O’Brian, Dudley Pope and so many more. In 2010 I found and read a book on Audibl......more