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Jester's Fortune

by Dewey Lambdin · 1999

Alan Lewrie seriesbook 8 of 19Next:King's Captain(2000) →

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The year is 1796 and the soil of Piedmont and Tuscany runs with blood, another battle takes shape on the mysterious Adriatic Sea. Alan Lewrie and his 18-gun sloop, HMS Jester, part of a squadron of four British warships, sail into the thick of it. But with England's allies failing, Napoleon busy rearranging the world map, and their squadron stretched dangerously thin along the Croatian coast, the British squadron commander strikes a devil's bargain: enlisting the aid of Serbian pirates.

Genre
Georgian and 18th centuryhistorical fictionwar and military
Themes
nautical
Setting
18th century19th centuryBritish
Audience
adult
Length
long · 446 pages

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