Second mate William Lee narrates this spellbinding tale of a captain’s madness, a woman’s devotion, a shipwreck, and a dangerous escape from an island. Of this 1880 novel—about the doomed voyage of the sailing ship Waldershare—the author maintained “There is not an incident that is not true.” Some events he depicts he experienced himself.
About the author
William Clark Russell (1844-1911) was born in New York City to English parents. He spent eight years with the British Merchant Marines before embarking on a career in journalism and fiction. Of his many novels, his best-known was The Wreck of the “Grosvenor” (1877).
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 364 ● ISBN 9781411450264 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5863578 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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