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Description edit
Captain Alan Lewrie returns for his tenth roaring adventure on the high seas. This time, it's off to a failing British intervention on the ultra-rich French colony of Saint Domingue, wracked by an utterly cruel and bloodthirsty slave rebellion led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the future father of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Captain Lewrie: Add a description of this character.
- Christopher Cashman
- Blaylock
- Alan
- Mister Langlie
- Mister Catterall
- Mister Devereux
- Aspinall
- Domingue
- Mister Wyman
- Caroline
- Maitland
- Hugo
- Kershaw
- Mister Winwood
- Edward
- Damme
- Andrews
- Duncan
- Henriette
- Nicholas
- Mister Durant
- Capitaine
- Sophie
- Inman
- Harold
- Hugh Beauman
- Hancock
- Sevier
- Mister Elwes
- Mr. Shirley
- Theoni
- Grace
- Mister Adair
- Black
Setting & Locations edit
- Wandsworth
- Toulon
- Port-au-prince
- Jamaica
- Halifax
- Ledyard
- Fifteenth West Indies
- England
- London
- France
- Antigua
- Guadeloupe
- Hispaniola
- Santo Domingo
- United States
- Caribbean
- Paris
- Kingston
- Cuba
- Yellow Jack
- Dominica
- America
- Sheerness
- Charleston
- Heaven
- Philadelphia
- Anglesgreen
- South Province
- Venice
- Hennidge
- Bahamas
- Samboes
- Charlotte
- Camperdown
- Spanish Florida
- Lisbon
First Sentence edit
Supping with his father was not exactly Alan Lewrie's idea for how he had intended to complete his personal celebrations, after a day of honour and fame, but after the disastrous shambles in Hyde Park he found himself at rather greater than "loose ends," with his only ally in the world that cynical Corinthian, that shameless old rake-hell and charter member of the infamous Hell-Fire Club; to wit, Major-General Sir Hugo St. George Willoughby, Knight of The Garter, with his sardonic, acidic jollity, with his perpetual leer for all things feminine....
Series & Lists edit
This is book 10 of 18 in Naval Adventure of Alan Lewrie. (standard series)
Preceded by King's Captain, and followed by Havoc's Sword.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Dewey Lambdin (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0312286856
Page Count: 416
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0312286856
Page Count: 416
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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