The Yarn of Old Harbour Town (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by W. Clark Russell

Overview

A wealthy sea captain’s beautiful daughter is suddenly kidnapped! The father’s frantic chase leads to a sea battle in the English Channel. Admiral Nelson himself makes a cameo in this 1906 novel, which features vivid depictions of life in an old English seaport during the era of the Napoleonic wars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411451124
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	04/26/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	470
File size:	348 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

William Clark Russell (1844-1911) was born in New York City to English parents. He spent eight years with the British Merchant Marines before embarking on a career in journalism and fiction. Of his many novels, his best-known was The Wreck of the “Grosvenor” (1877).