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Title: The Gun Ketch by Dewey Lambdin ISBN: 0-449-22450-3 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 30 September, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good fiction with a questionable lead character
Comment: Lambdin marries Lewrie off, but he still can't keep it in his pants. He covers the period and the action well, but for some reason our Alan is always chasing women for the movie cameras (or is Lambdin writing for them?).
Excellent descriptions of the scandals of the Carribean before the Fench Revolution.
Rating: 5
Summary: Historical Novel covering a period not commonly covered.
Comment: For those with in interest in tall ships and the sailing navies, this novel covers a time period not well covered by other authors, i.e., the period between the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, when most of the British Navy was laid up out of service and pirates roamed the West Indies. Lambdin does an excellent job researching the information for his novels. While this book is one out of a series about the naval and amorous adventures of Alan Lewrie, the main plot stands alone and Lambdin fills in the reader with any incidental information on events from earlier books. A highly recommended book for filling in that time period of history.
Rating: 5
Summary: ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING!!!
Comment: IF YOU HAVE NOT MET EITHER LAMBDIN OR LEWRIE IN EARLIER BOOKS, YOU SHOULD FIRST READ The Kings Coat, The French Admiral, The Kings Privateer or The King's Commission BEFORE YOU READ The Gun Ketch. I issue this caution because you cannot possibly appreciate the shock of learning that Alan Lewrie is married (!) without first reading at least one (preferably all) of its predecessors. I was HORRIFIED to find in the opening pages that LT Alan Lewrie was being married on the first pages. But then, so was he! (The author shares with you the thoughts of Lewrie -- which is what make him charming.) The story that follows is a delightful story of the sea, pirates, good (and ACCURATE) sailing descriptions. Alan Lewrie is lovable because he is so real and down to earth. He is more of a person than Hornblower or Bolitho, although I commend to anyone either of their authors (Forester and Kent, respectively). I note with interest that a previous reviewer has the same opinion (see [email protected] from Cleveland, below.), although we would differ on what the "Trilogy" consists of. In any case it doesn't matter. This is good, solid writing; well-researched, greatly peopled with colorful characters that you come to care about, and the sea adventure is unparalleled. THIS IS GOOD STUFF!! READ IT. You won't be disappointed. And I think you will come to like Dewey Lambdin, as well. I suspect there is a bit of Alan Lewrie in him.
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Title: Jester's Fortune (The Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures Series, No. 8) by Dewey Lambdin ISBN: 1590130340 Publisher: McBooks Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The King's Coat by Dewey Lambdin ISBN: 0449003604 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 29 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: King's Captain: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure by Dewey Lambdin ISBN: 0312305087 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Sea of Grey: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure by Dewey Lambdin ISBN: 0312286856 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 18 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Havoc's Sword : An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure by Dewey Lambdin ISBN: 0312286880 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 12 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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