Physical description

591 p. : plain red cloth cover, with initials 'C. K.' embossed in centre of front cover.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

"Linton Free Library" inscribed in ink inside front cover and on title page. Circular 'Linton Free Library' stamp.
Author's dedication to The Rajah Sir James Brooke, K.C.B. and George Augustus Selwyn, D.D., Bishop of New Zealand. Didication is dated February 1855.

Summary

Historical novel set in the Elizabethan era and written as if by an Elizabethan. It details the adventures of Amyas Leigh, who sails to the Caribbean with Francis Drake and other pirates.