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Title: King's Captain: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure by Dewey Lambdin ISBN: 0-312-30508-7 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Closer to Patrick O'Brian's High Literary Standards
Comment: While "Kings Captain" won't replace O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series for literary quality, it does rise towards the latter with its political intrigue. Lambdin has given the reader a fascinating look at what living conditions were like in England in 1797, and how they set the stage for the Royal Navy mutinies at Spithead and Nore. Newly promoted Captain Lewrie comes across as a younger, more earnest Jack Aubrey in this fine Napoleonic era yarn. Those who mourn O'Brian's passing and seek new naval adventures may not be disappointed at all in the latest installment in the Alan Lewrie naval adventure series.
Rating: 4
Summary: Mutiny at the Nore
Comment: Alan Lewrie, at the end of the last novel (Jester's Fortune), was withdrawing from the Adriatic as part of the British withdrawal from the Mediterranean in late 1796. This story skips forward and begins with the Battle of Cape St. Vincent in early 1797. Admiral Jervis is depicted out of character, praising Lewrie without promoting him. Jervis had the authority to promote officers he approved of and would have immediately done so if he approved of Lewrie. The real life Peter Puget received such a promotion from Jervis, even though he arrived after the battle (Puget was known from earlier accomplishments).
After a return to England to put the Jester into the dockyard, and a reconciliation between Lewrie and his father, the main part of this novel deals with the mutiny at the Nore after Lewrie is promoted and takes command of a frigate. He is confronted by an old enemy he cannot identify, and a crew split between mutineers and loyal men. The story contains little action at sea - when Lewrie is not on land, he is mainly aboard ship at anchor dealing with the mutineers. A side issue arises when someone writes a poison pen letter revealing Lewrie's past indiscretions. Overall, the novel is more about personalities than about naval action. It covers a relatively short period of time in 1797.
For novels more action-filled, covering the same time period (including the mutiny), the reader is referred to Richard Woodman's, "A King's Cutter," and C. Northcote Parkinson's, "The Fireship."
Rating: 4
Summary: Lewrie Grows Up?
Comment: As a huge fan of this series, I was a bit disappointed in the last installment (Jester's Fortune) as I felt there was just not enough of the action or womanizing that made the first few novels so much fun. King's Captain also suffers a bit from this, but in place of the action we get to see Lewrie mature some. Rather than one novel after another in which the character stays the same but just rises in rank (which, considering how good the first books were, wouldn't be all that bad) Lambdin is showing Lewrie turning from his rakish former self into a family man, even if Alan does chafe a bit in the presence of his own children. I could wish for a bit more of the old ramcat in the future, but King's Captain did keep my interest, and I enjoyed seeing how Lewrie dealt with mutineers, and how he reacted to a bit of his past coming back to haunt him. Now that he's been made post, and has a new frigate to command, perhaps we will get to see Lewrie in a few more adventures that bring him the prize money he always seems to need.
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Title: A King's Commander by Dewey Lambdin ISBN: 0449000222 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 28 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: H.M.S. Cockerel by Dewey Lambdin ISBN: 0449224481 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 29 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The French Admiral (The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie, No. 2) by Dewey Lambdin ISBN: 1590130219 Publisher: McBooks Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Gun Ketch by Dewey Lambdin ISBN: 0449224503 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 30 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The King's Privateer by Dewey Lambdin ISBN: 0449224511 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 30 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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