Dewey Lambdin (1945–2021)
Author of The King's Coat
About the Author
Dewey Lambdin was born in 1945. He received a degree in film and television production from Montana State University in 1969. He worked for local television stations and in advertising. After being laid off, he started writing fiction. His first novel, The King's Coat, was published in 1989. He is show more the author of the Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures series and What Lies Buried: A Novel of Old Cape Fear. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Dewey Lambdin with Sharyn McCrumb in Nashville
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- Birthdate
- 1945
- Date of death
- 2021-07-26
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- San Diego, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Organizations
- United States Naval Institute
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Statistics
- Works
- 35
- Members
- 2,719
- Popularity
- #9,450
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 61
- ISBNs
- 217
- Languages
- 3
- Favorited
- 4
Lewrie spends quite a bit of energy trying to get ashore and into someone's bed in this book. While that in itself is not unusual for a sailor tale, it's the (too-high) level of details that turns me away from this character. Lewrie, as he gains his sea-legs through this book, matures as both man and sailor and it's that part of the plot that redeems the book for me. Perhaps not surprisingly, his attitudes towards women matures through this timeline as well.
There's some good adventure during the evacuation as he matures as a leader that bears some further inspection. And certainly there are some flashes of recognition from him that he is maturing in various forms along his journey.
I liked this one enough to seek out the first in this series to see where Lewrie starts. Since I prefer the Lewrie at the end of [b:The French Admiral|75285|The French Admiral (Alan Lewrie, #2)|Dewey Lambdin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1328851992s/75285.jpg|72823] to the beginning, I'm not certain if I will like [b:The King's Coat|181195|The King's Coat (Alan Lewrie, #1)|Dewey Lambdin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320448819s/181195.jpg|175082] any more than this one. Stay tuned, etc.… (more)