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Havoc's Sword: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure | 
 enlarge | Author: Dewey Lambdin
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 144050
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 372
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 0312315481
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780312315481
ASIN: 0312315481
Publication Date: December 16, 2004
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Dewey Lambdin's lovable but incorrigible rogue, Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is back to cut a wide and wicked swatch through the war-torn Caribbean in an entirely new high seas adventure.
It's 1798, and Lewrie and his crew of the Proteus frigate have their work cut out for them. First, he has rashly vowed to uphold a friend's honour in a duel to the death. Second, he faces the horridly unwelcome arrival of HM Government's Foreign Office agents (out to use him as their cat's-paw in impossibly vaunting schemes against the French). And last, he must engineer the showdown with his arch foe and nemesis, the hideous ogre of the French Revolution's Terror, that clever fiend Guillaume Choundas!
We know Lewrie can fight, but can he be a diplomat, too? He must deal with the newly reborn United States Navy, that uneasy, unofficial "ally", and the stunning, life-altering surprise they bring. For good or ill, Lewrie's in the "quag" up to his neck, this time. Can sword, pistol, and broadsides avail, or will words, low cunning, and Lewrie's irrepressible wit be the key to his victory and survival, as even the seas cry "Havoc"?
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 Losing His Mojo May 29, 2007
Havoc's Sword is a slow, somewhat tedious read. We just never develop much of an interest in Lewerie and his activities. Old characters are brought in to bolster this weak piece. They don't. I've read all the books in the series. This one isn't close to the preceding works. Sorry Dewey but I think you mailed this one in.
 Real hero September 2, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have read Hornblower, Bolitho, Aubrey, Ramage, and Drinkwater. Only Cornwell's Sharpe comes close to being as real of a person as Lewrie. I'm not rich, I'm no English gentleman, and I have no idea what it's like to have everything go my way and make me a hero. Thus, fictional "heroes" like Lewrie appeal to me. He screws up, regularly, he makes mistake after mistake, and he tends to hang himself over and over - I can relate to that. After reading about two of the books, I found myself thinking along the same lines as Lewrie, smacking myself in the head for my thoughts and decisions (like Lewrie), and mouthing off to the adversarial characters like Lewrie. It's not predictability, it's relating to the character. Additionally, Dewey Lambdin is a fantastic guy. He lives in Nashville, enjoys a beer, and responds to fan mail on a regular old-fashioned typewriter. What more can you ask? No hoity-toity author, no hoity-toity hero, and no hoity-toity, too-good-to-be-true stories.
Best Alan Lewrie Novel to date from Dewey Lambdin August 3, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although Dewey Lambdin will never surpass the late Patrick O'Brian for literary quality, he does approach the latter's high standards, in this, the latest installment in the Alan Lewrie naval series. Here Captain Lewrie must contend again with his French nemesis Guillaume Choundas, mired in political intrigue which will affect both Great Britain and the United States. Lewrie must contend with two British government spies and become uneasy allies with American naval officers, uniting briefly to deal with Capitaine Choundas. Lambdin offers a realistic view as to what life must have been like aboard a Royal Navy frigate at the turn of the 18th Century, coupled with his good humor and wit. This is a fine addition to the Alan Lewrie series.
Lambdin rocks! April 20, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you're interested in a dry, historically precise, nautical read lacking humor, this may not be the read for you. However, if you enjoy spot-on period characterizations of the late 18th early 19th century nautical world, this is a book you should read.
Lambdin writes with great humor; sometimes tongue in cheek. His characters are captivating, often flawed but always in keeping with the mores of the time. For an American, his knowledge of British seamanship and ability to write from an English perspective is nothing short of amazing. His ability to incorporate historical events into stories of great adventure will certainly encourage younger readers as well amateur historians to do further research on the events he cites. (...)
At no small expense, I have managed to collect all of Dewey Lambdin's books in hardcover so that future generations of my family may be thoroughly entertained by an arousing romp through the "not-so-distant past". I highly recommend all of Lamdin's work to those readers who possess a love of adventure as well as a sense of humor. Warning: Not for the prudish.
Sea sick April 1, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
While this book offered so much promise, the fact is that I found it difficult to follow and not in keeping with the rest of the series. The French characters take some time to sort out and the confusion only mounts with the author's British writing style. Historical references are used with abandon and many are incorrect for the timeline of the book. While it is a fair yarn, all I can say is that I'm glad the local library bought it instead of me.
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