Author: LAMBDIN, DEWEY
Title: King's Captain an Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure
Description: New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books, 2000. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312268858. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some bumping and wear to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Alan Lewrie provides a departure from other heroes of the genre. C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower, Alexander Kent's Richard Bolitho, and Dudley Pope's Lord Ramage are much more in the traditional hero mode in attitudes and upbringing. Hornblower is the son of a country doctor packed off to sea after the death of his parents, Bolitho and Ramage are the sons of naval officers (captain and admiral, respectively) and scions of seafaring families. Lewrie, on the other hand, is little more than an educated, fun-loving Londoner who spends his time gambling, drinking, and pursuing women. His character shares elements of Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey, Bernard Cornwell's Richard Sharpe, George MacDonald Fraser's Harry Flashman, and Henry Fielding's Tom Jones. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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