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The Quest of the 'Golden Hope': A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure

By Percy Francis Westerman

2019-02-26 20:46:25

"[...]few carried snaphances in a bucket at the right side of the saddle, or slung across their backs. This much I noticed as they tore onwards with undiminished pace through the narrow street, till they were lost to view in a cloud of dust on the So ... Read more
"[...]few carried snaphances in a bucket at the right side of the saddle, or slung across their backs. This much I noticed as they tore onwards with undiminished pace through the narrow street, till they were lost to view in a cloud of dust on the Southampton Road. "There's some news for Cap'n Hammond, Master Clifford!" shouted Chambers the blacksmith from across the way. "They say as how Duke Monmouth's been beaten, and half his army cut to pieces. Those redcoats are Cornbury's Dragoons, and they are hot on the track of the Hampshire rebels. Heaven help the Mayor of Lymington and the score of men he sent to the [...]". Less

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PublisherPublic Domain Books
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ISBN9781465521231
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