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The fourteenth tale in Dewey Lambdins classic naval adventure series Spring of 1800, and Captain Alan Lewrie, fresh from victory in the South Atlantic, is reckoned a hero on a par with Nelson in all the papers. Back in England, hes fitting out his new frigate, HMS Savage, the fruits of that victory, the largest and best-armed frigate hes ever commanded. But you cant leave Lewrie ashore too long without trouble arising. A Jamaica court has tried him in absentia and sentenced him to hang for the theft of a dozen Black slaves to man his old ship, HMS Proteus . A crime, or was it liberation, as his London barrister argues? The vengeful slaveowner, Hugh Beauman, has come to London to seek Lewries end . . . with or without the majesty of the Law! Then theres the matter of those anonymous letters sent to his wife, Caroline, portraying him as a faithless rakehell and serving up the most florid lies . . . along with some unfortunately florid truths. Lewrie appeals to the retired Foreign Office spy, Zachariah Twigg, to smoak out the hand that guides the poison pen, even while wondering why Twigg seems so eager to help his legal case, of a sudden. Is the devious old devil ready to sacrifice h

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Author

Lambdin, Dewey

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312539375

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Adventure

Rating

4.09 / 5 (266 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14