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The rover / by Joseph Conrad. With decorations by William Kemp Starrett.
LIBRA PR6005.O4 R87 1929
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Fiction.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
- Historical fiction.
- Sea stories.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Sea stories.
- Physical Description:
- 286 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- Malay edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Garden City, New York : Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929.
- Summary:
- A tale of intrigue in the opening days of the Napoleonic wars. Peyrol, a French pirate from the Indian seas, returns to his home country to find himself threatened by both British and French forces. His flight through Imperial France, his daring mission carrying dispatches through the British blockade, and his doomed love affair with the daughter of a French sailor are all related in Conrad's irresistibly atmospheric and suspenseful style.
- Notes:
- Illustrated end-papers.
- OCLC:
- 4690162
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