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A King’s Commander
First published 1997
In 1794, Alan Lewrie commands the fast sloop HMS Jester and takes part in the British victory remembered as the Glorious First of June. He is then sent into the Mediterranean, where operations around Corsica and the French coast place him under senior officers including Horatio Nelson.
Foreign Office agents also revive Lewrie’s feud with the French spymaster Guillaume Choundas. To lure Choundas into the open, Lewrie must combine naval raids with misinformation and an affair involving a French-connected courtesan, risking both his command and his reputation in a personal hunt for revenge.
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