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Article: The King's Commission.(Book Review)(Audiobook Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
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Dewey Lambdin. 1991/1999. Read by John Lee Books on Tape, 11, 1.5 hour tapes. $88.00. 0-7366-8265-1. Vinyl; plot note. A
The naval adventures of Alan Lewrie continue with our hero in the Caribbean fighting the French, Spanish, and rebellious Americans. He is promoted to lieutenant and finds himself aboard the Shrike, under the hard eye of Captain Lilycrop, who teaches him seamanship. They are assigned to take a party inland in Florida to bribe the Indians into helping Britain keep at least that much of the colonies. There Lewrie gets a Cherokee woman pregnant and marries her. C. S. Forester couldn't have done better with the naval details and the scenes of bloody ...