Dewey Lambdin
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Dewey Lambdin is an American
nautical historical novelist. He is best known for his Alan Lewrie
naval adventure series, spanning the American Revolution
and the Napoleonic Wars
. Besides the Alan Lewrie series, he is also the author of What Lies Buried: a novel of Old Cape Fear.
The son of a U.S. Navy officer, Lambdin attended the University of Tennessee
where he had his first published story appear in the Thorn Vault, Lambdin graduated with a degree in Film & TV Production from Montana State University in 1969. After graduating he moved to Memphis, Tennessee were he worked as a producer/director production manager and senior director/writer/ producer for local television stations, and later in Nashville in advertising. .
After being laid off when the advertising company he worked for failed, he returned to his early interest in writing fiction with his creation of Lewrie in The King's Coat in 1988, published in 1989.
United States
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nautical historical novelist. He is best known for his Alan Lewrie
Alan Lewrie
Alan Lewrie is the hero and main character of Dewey Lambdin's naval adventure series of novels set during the American and the French Revolutions and the Napoleonic Wars.- Character :...
naval adventure series, spanning the American Revolution
American Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
and the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
. Besides the Alan Lewrie series, he is also the author of What Lies Buried: a novel of Old Cape Fear.
The son of a U.S. Navy officer, Lambdin attended the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
where he had his first published story appear in the Thorn Vault, Lambdin graduated with a degree in Film & TV Production from Montana State University in 1969. After graduating he moved to Memphis, Tennessee were he worked as a producer/director production manager and senior director/writer/ producer for local television stations, and later in Nashville in advertising. .
After being laid off when the advertising company he worked for failed, he returned to his early interest in writing fiction with his creation of Lewrie in The King's Coat in 1988, published in 1989.
Alan Lewrie books
- The King's Coat (1989)
- The French Admiral (1990)
- The King's Commission (1991)
- The King's Privateer (1992)
- The Gun Ketch (1993)
- H.M.S. Cockerel (1995)
- A King's Commander (1997)
- Jester's Fortune (1999)
- The King's Captain (2000)
- Sea of Grey (2002)
- Havoc's Sword (2003)
- The Captain's Vengeance (2004)
- A King's Trade (2006)
- Troubled Waters (2008)
- The Baltic Gambit (2009)
- King, Ship and Sword (2010)
- The Invasion Year (2011)
- For King and Country (omnibus) (1994)