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"Michael Crichton presents a story about pirates in the New World"--Provided by publisher.
The Caribbean, 1665. Pirate captain Charles Hunter, with backing from a powerful ally, assembles a crew of ruffians to take the Spanish galleon, "El Trinidad, " guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself.
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Oregon files volume 16
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English
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"When Juan Cabrillo fails to capture the leader of Mexico's most dangerous drug cartel and loses an Oregon crew member in the process, he's determined to get revenge. Little does he know that the explosion he just narrowly escaped was merely the latest flash of violence from a machine of war that has existed for decades, dating from the bloodiest episode in Armenia's history. With millions of innocent civilians hanging in the balance, the Oregon's...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 18
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Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Captain Alan Lewrie of the Royal Navy is ordered to head to Cuba and Spanish Florida to search for French and Spanish privateers who have been preying on British merchantmen and discover if the privateers have been getting aid from the Americans..
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 21
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
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©2015.
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English
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"In Kings and Emperors, the twenty-first book in Dewey Lambdin's beloved Alan Lewrie series, Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is still in Gibraltar, his schemes for raids along the coast of Southern Spain shot to a halt. He is reduced to commanding a clutch of harbor defense gunboats in the bay while his ship, HMS Sapphire, slowly grounds herself on a reef of beef bones! Until Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of peaceful Portugal and his so-called collaborative...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 22
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
©2016.
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English
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"Dewey Lambdin is the reigning master of maritime fiction, celebrated as the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester. For over twenty years, his devoted fans have followed the adventures of Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, from his days as a midshipmen to captain of his own ship and, though on somewhat dubious grounds, a baronetcy. 1809 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, and his ship, HMS Sapphire. They've extracted the sick, cold survivors of...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 23
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Dewey Lambdin is the reigning master of maritime fiction, celebrated as the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester. For over twenty years, his devoted fans have followed the adventures of Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, from his days as a midshipman to captain of his own ship and, though on somewhat dubious grounds, a baronetcy. Summer, 1809, and Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, wins fame, glory, and prize-money leading his squadron to victory over four French...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined always to do what's right. In defending the development of a new variant of warship, he makes an enemy of the President of the United States, who assigns him to command the doomed line's only prototype--Athena, Patrol Coastal 15--with the intent to humiliate a man who should have been an admiral. Rather than resign, Rensselaer takes the...
10) Faraway things
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Little, Brown and Company
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2021.
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English
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Secundo enjoys searching the beach below his home for treasure, but after becoming attached to a mysterious cutlass he meets its owner, who offers something greater for its return.
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 24
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
12) Mirage
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Oregon files volume 9
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[2013]
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English
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An investigation into a 1943 mission during which a U.S. destroyer vanished after it was deliberately sent into an obscured field of electromagnetic radiation finds Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon uncovering disturbing evidence of a dangerous super-weapon.
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 12
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2004.
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English
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Searching for a prize ship that has been stolen along with its crew from war-stricken 1799 Dominica, captain Alan Lewrie finds himself in the infamous pirate waters off of New Orleans and is forced to relinquish his command in order to identify the thieves.
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 19
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, was having a good year in the summer of 1805, commanding a small squadron of sloops in pursuit of French and Spanish privateers, till rumors of a huge French fleet at sea brought fears of invasion to tranquil Nassau in the Bahamas. He must defend the port, no matter the odds, at the risk of his very life! Relieved and reinforced at the last moment, he is off for a welcome return to England, where only very creative...
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 17
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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1803. After reluctantly saving the last French citizens left on rebellious Haiti, Capt. Alan Lewrie finds himself invited back to London to receive honors from the King and soon finds himself back at sea testing a newfangled weapon called a "torpedo" and defending England from an invasion by Napoleon.
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