Troubled Waters: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure (Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures)

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Troubled Waters is the fourteenth tale in Dewey Lambdins classic naval adventure series. 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 cant stay ashore too long with out 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 Lewries 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 his wife has informed through anonymous letters. Despite shoreside legal matters Lewrie takes the Savage on Kings business to Souwest 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 countrys foes . . . if only to relieve the tedium!