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, basisThis 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 aParliamentarian 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.
Q's Historical Legacy - XVII - Tales of the Civil War
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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, basisThis 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 aParliamentarian 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.
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During Napoleonic times there was great concern that the French could invade England through Cornwall's undefended coasts, rivers and harbours.Due to this apprehension many areas assembled volunteer...
During Napoleonic times there was great concern thatthe French could invade England through Cornwall'sundefended coasts, rivers and harbours.Due to this apprehension many areas assembledvolunteer...
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