### From Publishers Weekly The ninth book in Lambdin's Alan Lewrie series (The King's Coat, etc.) begins rousingly enough with the famous British defeat of a Spanish armada at Cape Saint Vincent in 1797. Lewrie comes in for some glory by trusting Nelson and participating in an apparently foolhardy
Alan Lewrie #09 - King's Captain
โ Scribed by Lambdin, Dewey
- Publisher
- Dewey Lambdin;St. Martin's Press
- Year
- 2010;2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
"Featuring Commander Alan Lewrie ... Lewrie is promoted for his role in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and awarded command of a new frigate. His future seems assured, but before he's even had a chance to settle into his new role, mutiny blazes through the fleet, and Lewrie finds himself battling an old enemy for control of his ship."--Jacket.
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