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The Wild Geese

By Stanley John Weyman

2019-06-28 04:44:43

Midway in that period of Ireland's history during which, according to historians, the distressful country had none—to be more precise, on a spring morning early in the eighteenth century, and the reign of George the First, a sloop of about seventy ... Read more
Midway in that period of Ireland's history during which, according to historians, the distressful country had none—to be more precise, on a spring morning early in the eighteenth century, and the reign of George the First, a sloop of about seventy tons burthen was beating up Dingle Bay, in the teeth of a stiff easterly breeze. The sun was two hours high, and the grey expanse of the bay was flecked with white horses hurrying seaward in haste to leap upon the Blasquets, or to disport themselves in the field of ocean. From the heaving deck of the vessel the mountains that shall not be removed were visible—on the northerly tack Brandon, on the southerly Carntual; the former sunlit, with patches of moss gleaming like emeralds on its breast, the latter dark and melancholy, clothed in the midst of tradition and fancy that in those days garbed so much of Ireland's bog and hill. Less

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File size235.371 KB
Print pages358
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2018-10-11
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1296718305
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Stanley John Weyman
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Born in Ludlow, Shropshire, The United Kingdom August 07, 1885 Died: April 10, 1928 Genre: Historical Fiction Admired by renowned authors such as Stevenson, Wilde, and Rafael Sabatini, Stanley Jo...

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