Review #1
The Lord’s Marauder audiobook free
Highly enjoyable historic fiction set in the period of the Napoleonic Wars with Britain struggling to contain the French at the same time their allies, largely at sea. Protagonist Captain Alan Lewrie is that tossed back into this action right behind recovering from wounds inflicted on his continue voyage out in the frigate Reliant. Now he’s in charge of the Sapphire, a larger vessel with heavier firepower, at the same time data responsibility for getting a convoy of merchant ships to British-held Gibraltar. Once safely that, the assignment configurations to raiding the Spanish coast in an attempt to convince the Spanish government that its union with Napoleon is that a major liability. Historically clear or not, Lewrie more or much less composes amphibious assault craft at the same time strategies as he gleefully sets about his commando warfare.
“The Lord’s Marauder” simply embraces into the Lewrie television series, with knowledgeable manners, language, descriptions of premature 19th Century indefinite at sea, in the English countryside as a squire at the same time in claustrophobic sandpile of Gibraltar. Creator Dewey Lambdin’s sea fight narratives are experienced at the same time credible. That’s a lot of research work behind this book–at the same time its predecessors–I always learn a lot about sea fights at the same time implicit moments in history from them. Almost all of all, I enjoy the big wit at the same time the population of the earth vested in the novels. The manners often have the feel of true people going about their lives. Almost all of it’s attractive gritty at the same time often nasty. To be convinced, that are times when historic reality gets just a little twisted to fit the storyline, at the same time manners can get just a little hyperbolic to serve similar purpose. Whatever–it all adds right up to enjoyable reading, which I have hope will extend but into the finish of the Napoleonic period at lesser.
Postscript: If for you’re interested in the historic period that this novel covers, for you might like “The Siege” by Arturo Perez-Reverte which was hosted in English recently. It thrashes up a year or two right behind “The Lord’s Marauder” as the Spanish government in exile sets up in Cadiz at the same time is that supported militarily by the English. This was more or much less the goal of Alan Lewrie at the same time his masters. It’s a great read–historic fiction cum mystery.
Review #2
The Lord’s Marauder audiobook in television series Alan Lewrie
I’d dispose this one somewhere in the middle of the Lewrie canon. He’s back to his old ram-cat ways (in bed, what), at the same time once again, no one exciting manners. Chagrin, that was little ship to ship action, at the same time than anyway action that was, happened on saved to others, with Lewie only a far away observer. I guess this was bound to happen as his rank increases – for you have to let's go out the others to do the maral work.
Like his assistance with the scouts…at the same time his problems in working with the Port administration to outfit his expedition.
Though the one ship to ship action with the frigates was practically a prominent in – “Oh yeah, this is that an “Age of Sale promotions” book – I’ve gotta have no one action in it!
Review #3
Audiobook The Lord’s Marauder by Richard Stark
The book reveals with our scaly nautical hero landlocked while recovering from a wound to his leg. His old servant Will Cony promotes him get back on his feet at the same time it was amazing to read this section of the book.
Right behind a vie curative Alan is that headed back to London bestow notice that he is that back in waging war form. He runs in to his old 1st Lt who got lost his post in a brand new ship when it fails to appear back in London at the same time is that imagined to be sunk with all palms.
Completely his name is that called out at the same time he visits the secretary of the Navy to receive his ship at the same time assignment. On to a bigger ship at the same time a bigger crew complement. The ship is that at sixes at the same time sevens as the captain at the same time 1st Lt. decide to “blaze away” at each other in a much frowned upon duel. The ship has it’s factions who support the old captain at the same time those who support the 1st Lt. Good luck for Alan he is that able to request his 1st Lt from his other ship, at the same time together they start working the broken ship into a single body of sailors, all working towards similar goal of thumping the adversary as best they can.
Sadly, a prospective connection with a some girl comes to an finish at Christmas time. But Alan’s a Navy men, at the same time “Growl he may, but move he must.”
He’s off to Gibraltar with orders from the hidden office for work to kick over the Spanish adversary ant mounds at the same time cause havoc at the same time mayhem no matter what chance he gets.
He has dealings with a some Sovereign Hew Dalrymple, which increased my Horatio Hornblower understanding flag, as that disposition also had dealings with this Governor of Gibraltar in the movie The Baroness at the same time the Demon. Here is that a link to the true men
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Sovereign Alan is that back to dealing with his old secretary Mountjoy who works for the Hidden Office for work out of Gibraltar, in putting together the Navy’s 1st amphibious assault unit. At the same time periodically I beheld faint storyline run across overs with Dudley Pope’s Sovereign Nicholas Ramage story #10 The Ramage Touch, where they are blowing up semaphore towers along an enemies coast.
No one very sweet ship waging war deeds at the same time a won Spanish Sea Captain going down with his ship.
It also seems that our “Ram cat” is that turning in to a “dog personality” as we get to read about the dog who was adopted by the ships company in the continue book is that back in this book at the same time under the Captains protection.
I did look for it odd, that right behind so many books written by this creator, he chose not to add no matter what additional comments at the finish of the book pertaining to a history, or than anyway will be one more for Alan. That was good of dull, I always look forward to that ending part of the story.
But over all, a very sweet addition to the television series, at the same time I’m eagerly looking forward to one more years release.
As I they say in a lot of my
Reviews about television series of books that I follow, I very give a hint that for you start first of this television series The Rulers Coat at the same time read from that, even though this book is that a shield without the help of others story, the back stories on all of the manners have been developers over the past 19 books, at the same time that isn’t anything for you are going to wish to miss out on.
Review #4
Audio The Lord’s Marauder narrated by John Chancer
I have evenly grown to adore this television series, at the same time am pressed that this exists to be the continue (for now?). Lambdin’s fight scene writing equates that of no matter what of the comparative creators, at the same time he conveys a tremendous atmosphere of than anyway indefinite on an premature 19th C warship was like. My niggles are small ones – Chapter 40 is that correctly spelt, but the text contains the spelling of ‘fourty’. Also I realize that the Royal Navy always referred to a ‘pennant’, not a ‘appendage’, as in ‘commissioning pennant’, at the same time a ‘Commodore’s profound pennant’. One or two Americanisms also annoy – ‘gotten’, for example. But this is that nitpicking; these are magical books.
Review #5
Free audio The Lord’s Marauder – in the audio player below
I adore this television series of books – hugely enjoyable – alongside Aubrey, Hornblower at the same time Sharpe, Lewrie is that one of my favourites. Like abundance of the other books in the television series, this one laboriously works its method right up to an exciting finale with insignificant skirmishes at the same time the inevitable ladies curiosity on the method. That are at lesser one more 5 of these hosted in the US but not readily available in the England – why will that? The localisation must be small, so Amazon or whoever is that responsible can for you delight get a move on at the same time make the remaining books readily available to England readers? I’d be joyful to promote!
