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April, 2018Halfhyde and the Chain Gangs, book no.12 The Halfhyde Adventures, by Philip McCutchan
May, 2018Halfhyde Goes to War, book no.13 The Halfhyde Adventures, by Philip McCutchan
June, 2018The King's Coat, book no.1 The Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures, by Dewey Lambdin
July, 2018Halfhyde on the Amazon, book no.14 The Halfhyde Adventures, by Philip McCutchan
August, 2018Halfhyde and the Admiral, book no.15 The Halfhyde Adventures, by Philip McCutchan
September, 2018The King's Commission, book no.3 The Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures, by Dewey Lambdin
October, 2018The King's Privateer, book no.4 The Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures, by Dewey Lambdin
November, 2018The Black Ring, book no.2 The Nicholas Fallon Sea Novels, by William Westbrook
November, 2018The Bermuda Privateer (PB), book no.1 The Nicholas Fallon Sea Novels, by William Westbrook
December, 2018Halfhyde and the Fleet Review, book no.16 The Halfhyde Adventures, by Philip McCutchan
The King's Coat
Book 1:The Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures
This auspicious beginning of a series has a very modern sensibility. In 1780, at the age of 17, our hero, bastard son of Sir Hugo Willoughby, is already a practicing rake in London. Caught in flagrante delicto with his [more-than-willing] half-sister, he is banished to the Navy in a nasty ploy by Sir Hugo to rob the boy of his inheritance.
1780: Seventeen-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash, rebellious young libertine. So much so that his callous father believes a bit of navy discipline will turn the boy around. Fresh aboard the tall-masted Ariadne, Midshipman Lewrie heads for the war-torn Americas, finding--rather unexpectedly--that he is a born sailor, equally at home with the randy pleasures of the port and the raging battles on the high seas. But in a hail of cannonballs comes a bawdy surprise. . . .
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"Comparisons will be made between Midshipman Alan Lewrie and Forester's Horatio Hornblower, but this auspicious beginning of a series has a very modern sensibility. In 1780, at the age of 17, our hero, bastard son of Sir Hugo Willoughby, is already a practicing rake in London. Caught in flagrante with his [more-than-willing] half-sister, he is banished to the Navy in a nasty ploy by Sir Hugo to rob the boy of his inheritance. During Alan's year on the 64-gun
Adriadne, on the American-built schooner
Parrot and on the frigate
Desperate, he becomes an adept, even valiant sailor. There are foes at sea (a snotty fellow midshipman, a sanctimonious captain, American rebels) and ashore (Sir Hugo and minions), but there are also friends, notably Lt. Kenyon, skipper of the
Parrot, and Lucy Beauman, beautiful niece of an admiral."
—Publishers Weekly
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