Dewey Lambdin (1945-2021), a self-described navy brat, started sailing in 1976, with a special taste for cruising the Gulf of Mexico in his sloop. A Retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander and a member of the Naval Institute, he made his home in Nashville, Tennessee.
He wrote a series of books about Alan Lewrie, which starts in 1780 when Lewrie, who is a Rake, is sent to sea to get him out of the way
AOS Naval Fiction |
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| Series: Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures | |||
| Year | Book | Comment | |
| 1780 | The King’s Coat | At the height of the American Revolution Alan Lewrie is sent to sea as a Midshipman to get him out of the way | |
| 1781 | The French Admiral | As Lewrie’s career advances, he finds the life of a naval officer suits him | |
| 1782 | The King’s Commission | Lewrie is commissioned as a First Officer | |
| 1783 | The King’s Privateer | With the war over Lewrie heads for Calcutta as 4th Lieutenant on an Indiaman | |
| 1786 | The Gun Ketch | Lewrie has his own ship at last, the Alacrity. | |
| 1793 | HMS Cockerel | First Officer Lewrie takes command and becomes involved in the siege of Toulon | |
| 1794 | A King’s Commander | Lewrie is at The Glorious First of June battle | |
| 1796 | Jester’s Fortune | Lewrie, in command of HMS Jester is in the Adriatic | |
| 1797 | King’s Captain | Lewrie is promoted while mutiny rages through the fleet | |
| 1797 | Sea of Grey | Lewrie takes part in a British intervention on the French colony of Saint Domingue | |
| 1798 | Havoc's Sword | Can Lewrie be a diplomat as he deals with the US Navy | |
| 1799 | The Captain’s Vengeance | Lewrie is forced to relinquish his command | |
| 1799 | A King’s Trade | Lewrie heads for Cape Town and India | |
| 1800 | Troubled Waters | Lewrie has been sentenced him to hang for the theft of a dozen Black slaves | |
| 1801 | The Baltic Gambit | Lewrie is given command of the frigate Thermopylae and is present at the Battle of Copenhagen | |
| 1803 | King, Ship and Sword | With the peace over Lewrie makes a dangerous departure from Paris and soon has the chance to seek revenge. | |
| The Invasion Year | Lewrie finds himself back in London to receive honors from the King and to defend the country from inavsion. | ||
| Reefs and Shoals | Lewrie is ordered to the Bahamas where he will hoist his broad pendant | ||
| Lewrie and the Hogsheads | Capt. Lewrie of the HMS Reliant has been stuck in Nassau Harbor (Short Story) |
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| 1805 | Hostile Shores | Lewrie's HMS Reliant joins the voyage that will culminate in the Battle of Cape Town | |
| 1807 | The King's Marauder | Lewrie has a new commission to a clumsy, slow two-decker Fourth Rate 50 | |
| Kings and Emperors | Lewrie is in Gibraltar commanding a clutch of harbor defense gunboats | ||
| 1809 | A Hard, Cruel Shore | Lewrie is appointed Commodore of a small squadron assigned to prey upon French off Spain | |
| 1809 | A Fine Retribution | Lewrie is assigned to lead a raid | |
| An Onshore Storm | Lewrie takes on his roughest adventure yet: maritime life beyond the Royal Navy | ||
| Much Ado About Lewrie | Lewrie loses his ship and his command when he receives news that Vigilance must return to England | ||
| Omnibus editions | |||
| For King and Country | The King’s Commission, The King’s Privateer, The Gun Ketch | ||