John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
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William Henry Giles Kingston
(4,25 Sterne; 14 Bewertungen)
This is the story of John Deane of Nottingham, a person who, according to the author, really existed. John Deane is born in 1679 to wealthy parents, but starts out in relative poverty, working as a drover around London. He then goes to sea and rises to the rank of Captain of the Navy, but abandons that position to become "Merchant Adventurer". Next he spends some years in Russia, serving Peter the Great on a Russian war ship. When he had enough of that, he became British Consul, and finally spend some years in retirement in his native WIlford by Nottingham, where he died at an old age in 1760.
Such an eventful life of course contained many interesting adventures, which are in this volume related. There are conspiracies, battles on land and sea, pirates, shipwrecks, natural disasters, kings and queens, friends and foes, damsels in distress, and other great yarns. - Summary by Carolin (12 hr 5 min)
Chapters
Mr Harwood and Alethea in Sherwood Forest, and Jack Deane’s First Adventure
15:56
Read by Deon Gines
Dinner at Mr Deane’s in Nottingham - Jack Deane announces the Profession he has…
22:38
Read by megaminxwin
A Poaching Expedition to Colwick Park - Jack forms an Acquaintance who leads hi…
20:38
Read by Peter John Keeble
Fire near Mr Strelley’s Warehouse - Jack Deane shows that he is a lad of Courage
12:44
Read by Deon Gines
Jack and Pearson’s Journey to the North, and how Jack was employed on the Road
23:08
Read by Deon Gines
Hurricane in the British Channel - Sir George Rooke takes Gibraltar - Sea-fight…
31:08
Read by Deon Gines
Bewertungen
Struggling on several levels
Chad
(2 Sterne)
There is the basis of a good adventure story here but the author mangles the descriptive passages. A frustrating read of a shallow written book by an author with talent. Gave up after 7 chapters.