{"product_id":"kings-and-emperors-paperback","title":"Kings and Emperors - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDewey Lambdin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Great naval action and deep historical detail in the vein of O'Brian and Forester.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Dewey Lambdin's \u003ci\u003eKings and Emperors, \u003c\/i\u003eCaptain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is still in Gibraltar, his raids along the coast of southern Spain shot to a halt. He is reduced to commanding a clutch of harbor defense gunboats in the bay while his ship, HMS \u003ci\u003eSapphire, \u003c\/i\u003e slowly grounds herself on a reef of beef bones! Until Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Portugal and his march into Spain change everything, freeing \u003ci\u003eSapphire\u003c\/i\u003e to roam against the king's enemies once more! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs kings are overthrown and popular uprisings break out across Spain, Lewrie's right back in the action, ferrying weapons to arm Spanish patriots, scouting the impregnable fort of Ceuta, escorting the advance units of British expeditionary armies to aid the Spanish, and even going ashore to witness the first battles between Sir Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, and Napoleon's best marshals, as the long Peninsular War that broke Imperial France begins to unfold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Cádiz to La Coruña, Lewrie and \u003ci\u003eSapphire\u003c\/i\u003e will be there as history explodes!\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDewey Lambdin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of over twenty Alan Lewrie novels, which begin with \u003ci\u003eThe King's Coat\u003c\/i\u003e and span the years of the American Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. A member of the U.S. Naval Institute and a Friend of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, he spends his free time working and sailing on a rather tatty old sloop. He makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720297353279,"sku":"9781250081063","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/232dda9fbb8014f9b825eaf8b109aea3.webp?v=1765088692","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/kings-and-emperors-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}