Havoc's Sword

Havoc's Sword PDF

Author: Dewey Lambdin

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2004-12-16

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1429976551

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Dewey Lambdin's lovable but incorrigible rogue, Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is back to cut a wide and wicked swatch through the war-torn Caribbean in an entirely new high seas adventure. It's 1798, and Lewrie and his crew of the Proteus frigate have their work cut out for them. First, he has rashly vowed to uphold a friend's honour in a duel to the death. Second, he faces the horridly unwelcome arrival of HM Government's Foreign Office agents (out to use him as their cat's-paw in impossibly vaunting schemes against the French). And last, he must engineer the showdown with his arch foe and nemesis, the hideous ogre of the French Revolution's Terror, that clever fiend Guillaume Choundas! We know Lewrie can fight, but can he be a diplomat, too? He must deal with the newly reborn United States Navy, that uneasy, unofficial "ally", and the stunning, life-altering surprise they bring. For good or ill, Lewrie's in the "quag" up to his neck, this time. Can sword, pistol, and broadsides avail, or will words, low cunning, and Lewrie's irrepressible wit be the key to his victory and survival, as even the seas cry "Havoc"?

Havoc's Sword

Havoc's Sword PDF

Author: Dewey Lambdin

Publisher:

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9785558964240

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In Captain Lewrie's tenth roaring adventure on the high seas, it's off to a failing British intervention on the ultra-rich French colony of Saint Domingue, which is wracked by an utterly cruel and bloodthirsty slave rebellion led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the future father of Haitian independence.

Havoc's Sword

Havoc's Sword PDF

Author: Dewey Lambdin

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2004-12-16

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780312315481

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1798. Royal Navy Captain Alan Lewrie participates in a duel to uphold the honor of his friend, receives unwelcome visitors on behalf of the queen, and prepares for a showdown with his nemesis, Guillaume Choundas.

Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film

Nelson's Navy in Fiction and Film PDF

Author: Sue Parrill

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2009-09-14

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13:

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This book provides summaries and analyses of more than 250 novels and nearly 30 films and examines the extent to which they accurately reflect the history, mores and manners of the period--and the extent to which they reveal the ideas and attitudes of their authors and of the periods in which they were written. Particular emphasis is placed on the nature and importance of the war at sea for the British and on the role of famous naval officers such as Nelson, Pellew, Duncan, Smith and Cochrane in the defeat of Napoleon.

Wreaking Havoc

Wreaking Havoc PDF

Author: Jim Pavelic

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-04-17

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1440319855

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Four top gaming artists share their secrets for creating fantasy battle scenes complete with warriors, a fearsome armory of weaponry and a cast of monstrous creatures that wreak havoc! Read this book and enter a realm where human warriors coexist with giants, monsters and many other mythical creatures both mundane and magical, all battling for survival. Four artists who have dared to venture this way before (and won reputations as masters of fantasy illustration) are here to lead you through this wicked world, sharing their fiercest techniques for creating your vilest imaginings. Take up your pen and brush, and follow through 15 step-by-step character demos as well as 39 mini-demos on rendering fearsome armor, swords and other weaponry. Here's what lies ahead: • Archetypal Humanoids. Quite an unusual group, containing such diverse beings as humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes and brutish, foul-smelling orcs. • Exotic Humanoids. Two arms, two legs and a head... the rest is all up to you. Begin your imaginings here with Medusa, Creagal, hateful Lich, nasty trolls and bitter Iraxus. • Creatures. Dragons, gargoyles, ogres, Venusians and Minotaurs . . . embodiments of pure evil found only in the darkest places. • Environments. 5 full-spread scenes, from tense to tranquil, feature the native habitats of popular fantasy warriors. To make your battle scenes believable, this book will arm you with a thorough understanding of line, color, lighting and composition. Then venture forth, if you dare, with strong shapes, fluid lines and an unhinged imagination. Let havoc ensue!