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Title details for Troubled Waters by Dewey Lambdin - Available

Troubled Waters

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by Dewey Lambdin
John Lee
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It is the spring of 1800. Captain Alan Lewrie, fresh from victory in the South Atlantic, is back in England and fitting out his new frigate, the HMS Savage. But true to fashion, Lewrie can't stay ashore too long without trouble arising. A Jamaican court has tried him in absentia and sentenced him to hang for the theft of a dozen black slaves. The vengeful slave owner has made his way to London to seek Lewrie's end . . . with or without the majesty of the law!
To complicate matters further, Lewrie must also deal with allegations that he is a faithless rakehell, as his wife has been informed through anonymous letters. Despite shoreside legal matters, Lewrie takes the Savage on King's business to Sou'west France to plug the threat of enemy warships, privateers, and neutrals smuggling goods in and out of Bordeaux. It could be dull and plodding dreariness, but a bored Captain Alan Lewrie, safe in his post (for the moment), can be a dangerous fellow to his country's foes . . . if only to relieve the tedium!

  • Creators

  • Series

    Alan Lewrie

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 21, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781515990079
      • File size: 364610 KB
      • Duration: 12:39:36

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 5, 2007
      During the Napoleonic Wars, Royal Navy Capt. Alan Lewrie (Sea of Grey
      ) finds that he has been sentenced to death in absentia by a Jamaican kangaroo court for stealing slaves, and is pursued to England by enemies trying to carry out that sentence. As the famously byzantine British legal system grinds on, Lewrie becomes a cause célèbre among William Wilberforce's abolitionists, who hire a hotshot barrister to defend Lewrie. While waiting for his case to come up, Lewrie (released until then because of his social standing) returns to H.M.S. Savage
      , now on blockade duty off southwest France. He quickly turns a dull assignment on its ears by organizing an amphibious raid against fortifications on the French coast while dealing with an old rival with a grudge and a secret. Lambdin manages to make the Bleak House
      –like British legal system of the era comprehensible to the layman, while his mastery of period naval warfare gives his battles real punch.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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