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Jester's fortune : an Alan Lewrie naval adventure /

A scheme by the Royal Navy to enroll Serb pirates in fighting the French during the Napoleonic Wars is opposed by Alan Lewrie, captain of a sloop in the Adriatic. But the commander of his squadron goes ahead anyway and the consequences are disastrous, the Serbs taking the opportunity for some ethnic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lambdin, Dewey
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dutton, [1999]
Subjects:
Lewrie, Alan (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 18th century > Fiction.
Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century > Fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Sea stories.
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Summary:A scheme by the Royal Navy to enroll Serb pirates in fighting the French during the Napoleonic Wars is opposed by Alan Lewrie, captain of a sloop in the Adriatic. But the commander of his squadron goes ahead anyway and the consequences are disastrous, the Serbs taking the opportunity for some ethnic cleansing. By the author of A King's Commander.
Physical Description:373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:0525944826 (alk. paper)