Richard Carvel
New ed., with a preface.
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Author
Publication
1914 - The Macmillan company; [etc., etc, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
134,000 words, Guess
Page Count
536 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL58779725M
- OCLC Control Number999637
- Library of Congress Control Number14016757
Classifications
- LCCPZ3.C474 R7
Description
[This] novel focuses on the life of Richard Carvel; a wealthy young man from a prominent Maryland family just before and during the Revoloutionary War... Set at first around Annapolis, it's about a boy (Carvel) who is kidnapped and sent to England by pirates under his wicked uncle's direction in order to cheat him out of his estate. Meeting all sorts of major figures of the day, including John Paul Jones and Edmund Burke, he has all kinds of adventures in London. When the war breaks out he goes to sea again, this time aboard a ship commanded by Jones. He participates in the famous sea battle between the "Bonhomme Richard" and the "Serapis" (these might be the best scenes in the book). Wounded, he is brought to London to recuperate; he marries his childhood sweetheart there and they both sail to Annapolis to live.
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