Troubled Waters

Name: Troubled Waters
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Dewey Lambdin
ISBN: 9781515980070

Author: Dewey Lambdin

Series: Alan Lewrie #14

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 12 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/21/2017

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Sea Stories

Synopsis

It is the spring of 1800. Captain Alan Lewrie, fresh from victory in the South Atlantic, is back in England and fitting out his new frigate, the HMS Savage. But true to fashion, Lewrie can't stay ashore too long without trouble arising. A Jamaican court has tried him in absentia and sentenced him to hang for the theft of a dozen black slaves. The vengeful slave owner has made his way to London to seek Lewrie's end . . . with or without the majesty of the law!

To complicate matters further, Lewrie must also deal with allegations that he is a faithless rakehell, as his wife has been informed through anonymous letters. Despite shoreside legal matters, Lewrie takes the Savage on King's business to Sou'west France to plug the threat of enemy warships, privateers, and neutrals smuggling goods in and out of Bordeaux. It could be dull and plodding dreariness, but a bored Captain Alan Lewrie, safe in his post (for the moment), can be a dangerous fellow to his country's foes . . . if only to relieve the tedium!

About Dewey Lambdin

Dewey Lambdin is the author of the Alan Lewrie series. A member of the US Naval Institute and a Friend of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, he spends his free time working and sailing. (He has been a sailor since 1976.) He makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee, but would much prefer Margaritaville or Murrells Inlet.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Terry on March 09, 2018

The Alan Lewrie is one of the best series of books set in the British navy during The Age Of Sail (Napoleonic wars), and this is good installment in the series. It starts very slowly, with Lewrie on shore waiting for his new ship to complete fitting out for sea. Lewrie must spend a lot of time, mone......more

Goodreads review by Rich on May 07, 2021

-4.5- Not a perfect Lewrie (ain't that the truth!) but a really excellent novel overall. Some of the reviewers here did not enjoy the dive into the labyrinthine legal system that was England in the Napoleonic era. I am not one of those people, I throughly enjoyed how Lambdin weaved the narrative of......more

Goodreads review by Matt on August 11, 2021

I really do like Lewrie. However, the younger rogue scamp version of him is more fun than the older salt and pepper version. I did like the armed ride into London with his entourage and the battle/conflict scene near the end was mostly solid. The never-ending saga of the stolen/freed slaves is getti......more

Goodreads review by Rick Robinson on March 21, 2025

Was There a War I’ve read the majority of the Alan Lewrie naval adventures and while historically acceptable and entertaining, I’ve really had enough of Lewrie’s home life, drawn out sexual escapades and legal problems. Even if his time spent with the woman in New Orleans was very descriptively writt......more

Goodreads review by Sunhawk on February 25, 2020

Just as the title promises, these are troubled times for our hero Alan, and still Dewey navigates them entertainingly. This book wouldn't be much fun for anyone who hadn't been reading these in order; standing alone, it does not. But I am working my way through, and am already looking forward to the......more