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Q's Historical Legacy - XVII - Tales of the Civil War
N. P. Cooper
Q's Historical Legacy - XVII - Tales of the Civil War
N. P. Cooper
Now surpassed in fame by his daughter's best friend, Daphne Du Maurier, Arthur Quiller-Couch was the pre-eminent Cornish writer of Victorian and Edwardian times. His work is of great interest since his fiction often contains a factual, historical, basis This volume contains five tales of adventure, romance, escapades and an occasional lucky escape: - - 'Captain Wyvern's Adventures', relates the explosive consequences of the imprisonment of Parliamentarians in the tower of the. - 'Margery of Lawhibbet' tells of brother and sister twins and the consequences for both after the brother goes to fight for the Royalists -'Red Velvet' recounts the outcome of the capture of a Parliamentarian by a female Royalist. -'The Copernican Convoy' retells of the sack of Farnham. -'The Splendid Spur' tells of a student who, encounters a mysterious stranger and finds himself carrying a letter from the King.
Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
Lançado | 10 de novembro de 2019 |
ISBN13 | 9780244532611 |
Editoras | Lulu.com |
Páginas | 502 |
Dimensões | 148 × 210 × 26 mm · 594 g |
Idioma | English |