The King's Coat (Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures): 1 (The Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures, 1)

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Quarterly, I and IV Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale Or langued and armed Azure. II Or a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules. III Azure a harp Or stringed Argent.; quarters for England and Scotland are exchanged in Scotland. An added impetus was the break with Rome, following his divorce from Katherine of Aragon, which left England in the religious minority. Dressed in his finery in the iconic portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, destroyed by fire in 1698 but still widely known due to the multiple copies made and disseminated at the time, Henry VIII was determined to send out the message that he was a powerful king, entirely the equal to his European contemporaries.

It was Henry VIII who first realised the potential of fashion as a political tool. His father, Henry VII, had won the throne by defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, the culmination of the bitter Wars of the Roses, and as such Henry VIII was "still very keen to stress the legitimacy of the Tudor's right to rule. If you're at the top you need to assert that visually, and he marked out particular textiles as being exclusively royal," historian Maria Hayward, an expert on Tudor and Stuart fashion, tells BBC Culture. These were cloth of gold, the colour purple and sable fur, although they would have been reserved for special occasions. The Alan Lewrie series (by American author Lambdin) fits neatly within this mold and hits all those beats with impressed midshipman Alan Lewrie (a bastard aristocrat only forced into service because of an "incident" with a young lady) forced into service and having to learn the ways of the Royal Navy at the height of the American Revolution (though we only fight Frogs here). There's a VERY heavy Richard Sharpe vibe as 17-year-old Lewrie learns the distinctions between officer and seaman and the ways of the ship while also trying to bugger every woman he encounters (and succeeding more often than not). We get sea battles, beating to quarters, Captain's Mast (i.e. punishment at sea) and all the things you want and need in a naval yarn. I'm quite happy.

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In book one “The King’s Coat” in the year 1780, Alan’s father thinks Alan needs more discipline so at the age of seventeen Alan finds himself a new midshipman aboard the 64 gun HMS Ariadne. It also appears that the father is ripping off Alan’s inheritance. In this book we see Alan go from a spoiled teenager into a competent naval officer. The coat of arms of the United Kingdom are the arms of dominion of the British monarch. They are both the personal arms of the monarch, currently King Charles III, and the arms of the state. [1] [2] In addition to the monarch, the arms are used by state institutions including the Government of the United Kingdom, the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and the British judiciary. Differenced versions of the arms are used by members of the British royal family. The monarch's official flag, the Royal Standard, is the coat of arms in flag form. College of Arms. "College of Arms – the coat of arms of TRH Prince William and Prince Henry of Wales". Archived from the original on 27 May 2008 . Retrieved 17 April 2010. On all Acts of Parliament; the cover of all UK passports; various government departments; adapted for the reverse of coins of the pound sterling (2008) In marked contrast to his father, the future George IV was an enthusiastic follower of fashion who for a while had the famed English dandy, Beau Brummell, as his style guru. "In portraits he's very much as the forefront of fashion," says Reynolds. He favoured well-cut quality fabrics, a style which became particularly associated with England and which, for the first time, actually influenced what was worn in France.

Criticisms are that the story drags a bit long and there's less of an overarching plot beyond "welcome to the Royal Navy son!" than I would have liked (Sharpe still had his major battles or antagonists in each novel to center the plot around). Also, the repeated use of the term "mutton" for female genitalia ("He couldn't wait to get into her mutton") thoroughly creeped me out, to be honest. Five-point label, the first, third and fifth points bearing a red cross, the second and fourth points bearing a blue anchor. [3] This table breaks down the official blazons to enable comparison of the differences between the general coat and the coat used in Scotland. The Scottish version of the Royal coat of arms shows the lion of Scotland in the first and fourth quarters, with that of England being in the second. The harp of Ireland is in the third quarter. The royal arms with the crest but without the helm is used as the rank insignia for Class 1 Warrant Officers in His Majesty's Armed Forces.He also does some strange things, like become obsessed with one of his superiors' homosexuality. If this was a plot point that actually went somewhere then that would be one thing, but he spends a large chunk of time being endlessly disgusted and then kind of just moves on without ever thinking of it again. At another time, his friend dies in his arms and the first thought that comes to him is how horny he is. I honestly don't know if Lambdin is not super great at creating characters or if he genuinely wants us to hate the protagonist of this novel. Coat of Arms of Duchess of Cambridge". dukeandduchessofcambridge.org. 14 November 2012. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. The arms of the Prince of Wales show the arms of the ancient Principality in the centre as well as these quarterings. Coat of Arms". Prince Harry. Clarence House. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016 . Retrieved 12 April 2016.