The King's Coat - Alan Lewrie, Bk 1 Author:Dewey Lambdin 1780: Seventeen-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash, rebellious young libertine. So much so that his callous father believes a bit of navy discipline will turn the boy around. Fresh aboard the tall-masted Ariadne, Midshipman Lewrie heads for the war-torn Americas, finding--rather unexpectedly--that he is a born sailor, equally at home with the randy... more » pleasures of the port and the raging battles on the high seas. But in a hail of cannonballs comes a bawdy surprise. . . .« less
This is the best of the series so far and it is really good. The story is interting and this is very exciting before as you read the series the authors fills it quiet deftly and we get a full character that you love and start rooting for. Definately a must read if you like adventure books with historical background.