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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Historical adventure
The young Robert Louis Stevenson, living in a boarding house in San
Francisco while waiting for his beloved's divorce from her feckless
husband, dreamed of writing a soaring novel about his landlady's
adventurous and globe-trotting husband but he never got around to
it. And very soon thereafter he was married, headed home to
Scotland, and on his way to becoming the most famous novelist in
the world, after writing such classics as Treasure Island, The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped. But now
Brian Doyle brings Stevenson's untold tale to life, braiding the
adventures of seaman John Carson with those of a young Stevenson,
wandering the streets of San Francisco, gathering material for his
fiction, and yearning for his beloved across the bay. An adventure
tale, an elegy to one of the greatest writers of our language, a
time-traveling plunge into The City by the Bay during its own
energetic youth, The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters
of the World is entertaining, poignant, and sensual.
Edward Brazier is enlisted by Prime Minister William Pitt to assist
his investigation into smuggling activity in Deal. However, with
his love Betsy now locked into a loveless marriage with Tom
Spafford, a useless drunk, and living as a prisoner, Brazier is
distracted from his mission. Having foiled Spafford's plan to steal
Betsy away to her family-owned plantation in the West Indies,
Brazier finds himself taken captive. Only his ingenuity will help
engineer his escape and his cunning use of subterfuge will then
allow him to infiltrate the smuggling gangs of Deal in a determined
bid to unmask those in control. But with suspicion raised around
him and his enemies banding together, can Brazier survive long
enough to bring those responsible to justice?
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Inanna
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Murat Tuncel
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Memory Hunter
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Frank Morin; Edited by Joshua Essoe; Cover design or artwork by Christopher Guerra
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Riding
(Hardcover)
Malcolm Archibald
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Discovery Miles 6 810
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