{"product_id":"the-gun-ketch-the-naval-adventures-of-alan-lewrie-9780449224502","title":"The Gun Ketch: The Naval Adventures of Alan Lewrie","description":"\"You could get addicted to this series. Easily.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e1788--Bahamas Squadron . . .\u003cbr\u003eA fighter, rogue, and ladies man, Alan Lewrie has done the unthinkable and gotten himself hitched--to a woman and a ship  The woman is the lovely Caroline Chiswick. The ship is the gun ketch, Alacrity, bound for the Bahamas and a bloody game of cat and mouse with the pirates who ply the lunatic winds there. But while war comes naturally to the young husband, politics doesn't. Sure that a powerful Bahamian merchant is behind a scourge of piracy, Lewrie runs afoul of the Royal Governor--who holds the most precious hostage of all. . . .\u003cbr\u003eFrom the windswept Carolinas to the exotic East Indies, Alan Lewrie fights and frolics with all the wild abandon of the high seas themselves. He's a true swashbuckling naval hero in the age of great sailing ships.\u003cbr\u003e\"Grand, satisfying . . . Fans as well as newcomers will relish Lambdin's unerring depiction of Navy politicking, the niceties of Nassau society . . . and, in fact, all the rich details of late-18th-century life at sea and shore.\"\u003cbr\u003e--PublishersWeekly\u003cbr\u003e\"Hair-raising action . . . Fascinating . . . Grandly entertaining.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Flint Journal\u003cbr\u003e\"Recommended . . . Lambdin's work is comparable to that of masters such as C. S. Forester.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDewey Lambdin\u003c\/b\u003e, a self-described navy brat, has been a sailor since 1976, with a special taste for cruising the Gulf of Mexico in his sloop. He is the author of the seven Alan Lewrie novels: \u003ci\u003eThe King's Coat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe French Admiral\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe King's Commission, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe King's Privateer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gun Ketch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eH.M.S. Cockerel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA King's Commander\u003c\/i\u003e. A member of the Naval Institute, Dewey Lambdin makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50901753069842,"sku":"9780449224502","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8ebc5326-5eb6-4356-aa6f-6ab7fdac6662.jpg?v=1738437832","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gun-ketch-the-naval-adventures-of-alan-lewrie-9780449224502","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}