Once a French corvette, she was reborn "H.M.S. Jester", sleek and fast. At her sea-sprayed helm is former Midshipman Alan Lewrie, turned grizzled warrior by tra

It's 1793 and Alan Lewrie is now commander of HMS Jester, an 18-gun sloop. After handily thrashing the French at the Battle of the First of June, Lewrie sails i

A history of modern military command, from the individualist, heroic generals of the twentieth century to the highly-professionalised command teams of the twent

In the realm of popular history, it's common to hear the claim that Æthelred the Unready, King of the English, was a military failure in an age where kings had

The year 1807 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy. His frigate HMS Reliant has a new captain, he's living at his father's estate at Anglesgreen