The king's privateer
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- ISBN: 0449224511
- ISBN: 9780449224519
- Physical Description 353 pages : illustrations.
- Edition 1st Ballantine Books ed.
- Publisher New York : Ballantine, 1996.
- Copyright ©1992
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General Note: | "The first naval adventure of Alan Lewrie". "Fawcett Crest". |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 10.99 |
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The King's Privateer
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The King's Privateer
1783: His Majesty's secret agent Fresh from war in the Americas, young navy veteran Alan Lewrie finds London pure pleasure. Then, at Plymouth he boards the trading ship Telesto, to find out why merchantmen are disappearing in the East Indies. Between the pungent shores of Calcutta and teaming Canton, Lewrie-reunited with his scoundrel father-discovers a young French captain, backed by an armada of Mindanaon pirates, on a plundering rampage. While treaties tie the navy's hands, a King's privateer is free to plunge into the fire and blood of a dirty little war on the high South China Sea. Ladies' man, officer, and rogue, Alan Lewrie is the ultimate man of adventure. In the worthy tradition of Hornblower, Aubrey, and Maturin, his exploits echo with the sounds of crowded ports and the crash of naval warfare.