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The Voyage Of The Aurora

The upright and industrious Captain George Leicester is deceived by an unscrupulous love rival and decides to buy his own ship and plunge into a more adventurous mode of existence. His adventures include sea battles, piracy, a period in slavery, escape from bloodhounds, and other adventure. He several times succours his rival in the mistaken belief that this is what his love wants. After many adventures, he returns home to... Reviewers comments on publication Mr Collingwood … gives us the most startling seafaring adventures that we might imagine befalling a dozen unlucky ships in the course of half a century condensed into the compass of one solitary voyage. … The adventures follow one another in such rapid succession that the reader soon finds it to be impossible to hold his breath during each of them. He is just preparing to draw a deep sigh of relief when it is checked half-way by the advent of a new thrilling episode, … Mr Collingwood knows how to make the most of his materials, and further, he is thoroughly well acquainted with all the details of the sea-going life which he so graphically describes. — Glasgow Herald - Thursday 10 December 1885 p.3. Literature. ...an illustrate

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