Kings and Emperors

Alan Lewrie is back in Kings and Emperors. He and the HMS Sapphire are relieved from dull and plodding service off of Gibraltar and, instead, get stationed off the coast of Portugal and Spain (roughly between Lisbon and Bayonne). Here, in command of a small squadron, Lewrie and the British are to ha......more

-4.5- Well shit, I am down to the last four books in this fantastic series. Unless somehow a book gets published posthumously as a result of Lambdin's unfortunate expiration. This is a superb series so even when a book like this mails it in a bit it is still quite excellent. Lambdin obviously wanted......more

The Flashman of the RN continues keep us entertained! Wonderful stuff!......more

The 21st Book of the series, and here is a continuation directly of the last book with our hero still at Gibraltar though now the invasion of the British onto the Peninsula is underway. Lure not only finds a means to integrate fully as a Naval officer into the initial campaign but still works around......more

Another rollicking read, possibly tamer and less dangerous than previously; our hero seems to be slowing down? This leaves him (and we the readers) with more time for character development and a sense (a sniff?) of what these times were like. Only a single love interest, introduced in the previous b......more