King's Captain - ISBN:0312305087

King's Captain

Date: 26 May 2011, 00:19

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Patrick O'Brian set the tone and future development of his masterful seafaring series in book two, 'Post Captain', and Dewey Lambdin appears to have chosen to change tack and emulate the master's style and direction here in book nine of his fine series. In 'King's Captain', he appears to have decided to grab the opportunity to fill the void left by Mr. O'Brian's passing. Previously we were presented with a rollicking naval adventure series; now we seem to be settling into a more subtle, complex view of our hero and the socio-political events of the time. In this installment, Alan Lewrie joins Horatio Nelson in glory at the Battle of Cape Saint Vincent, is finally promoted to post-captain, spends a lot of time attempting to adjust to home, hearth, wife and children before being rescued from his ambivalence about this stagnant life by the mutinies at Spithead and the Nore. Not much else happens, but this consciously slower pace allows us to watch Lewrie's personal development and Lambdin's literary development as much more attention is placed on period detail, language, pun and allusion to the delight of O'Brian fans. Loved the "Are You Being Served?" schtick, though perhaps a slim paintbrush rather than a trowel might have improved the application. One criticism: stop with the "quotation marks" around each charming 'period' word; we Aubrey/Maturin fans can handle this stuff straight. Fans of this feisty series, don't worry! 'Ram-Cat' Lewrie is still handy with pistol and sword, Lambdin's tongue remains firmly in his cheek throughout and it is not he who makes any claims of picking up O'Brian's mantle, but I for one am loving it!

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