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Gower The Treacherous Coast
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
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A Treacherous Coast
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Author : David Donachie
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-09-08
A Treacherous Coast written by David Donachie and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-08 with Fiction categories.
The thirteenth volume in the popular John Pearce Adventures set on the high seas 1795: Just as Lieutenant John Pearce feels that he has been freed from an old foe, a new one takes his place. In the face of fresh antagonism, and with complications in his relationship with the recently widowed Emily Barclay, Pearce must juggle personal difficulties with the call of service. Aboard HMS Flirt, Pearce and his Pelicans soon join the squadron led by Horatio Nelson on a reconnaissance which results in the destruction of a key French battery – though the success is short-lived. In raids ashore, split loyalties, and bloody sea fights, Pearce must show bravery and resource to ensure his survival and return to Emily. Only luck and Pearce’s fierce appetite for battle can save them from the perils ahead.
A Treacherous Coast
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Author : Chris Ison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-01-08
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Our fascination with shipwrecks comes not from the loss of the vessel itself but the dramatic struggle for survival that follows. A Treacherous Coast tells the stories left by survivors of ten maritime disasters from Australia's tropical north-eastern waters. Not all ended with the loss of the ship. But all pitted the survivors against harsh and unforgiving elements and inhospitable lands far removed from what was familiar. It draws on firsthand accounts recorded in ships logs, journals, personal correspondence, and contemporary newspaper reports. The book opens with the Endeavour which ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef during Cook's historic voyage up Australia's east coast in 1770. It then moves on to the seizure of the small schooner Caledonia in Moreton Bay by escaped convicts in 1831. Then it unteases the conflicting stories surrounding the Aborigines' treatment of the Stirling Castle survivors on K'gari (Fraser Island) in 1836. A Treacherous Coast recounts the tragic struggle for survival by the crew and passengers of the Peruvian in 1846. Only one man survived to tell their story after living among the Aborigines for 17 years. In 1851 two intrepid sailors saved the Countess of Minto from being lost in a ferocious tropical storm while their shipmates were stranded on a small coral island.After running aground on the Great Barrier Reef in 1859 the crew of the Sapphire spent an agonising five months battling starvation, thirst, hostile Torres Strait Islanders and contrary winds to return to port. The Maria's calamitous voyage in 1872 is a testament to what can go wrong when you go to sea ill prepared.The loss of the Gothenburg in 1875 and the Quetta in 1890 are two of the worst maritime disasters to have taken place in Queensland waters. Those fortunate enough to live left harrowing accounts of their struggle for survival. The book concludes with the loss of the small coastal trading schooner Orete in 1918. A sole survivor was washed ashore on an uninhabited island where he spent three weeks effecting his escape.
A Treacherous Coast
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Author : David Donachie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-15
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1796. Pearce and his wife Emily are living in Bath, when Minister of War Henry Dundas turns up and suggests a second mission to the Vendee, this time as a liaison between the French émigrés intending to land in Brittany and the British naval and military commanders who will accompany them. The proposed expedition looks promising and Pearce takes the bait. Once at sea, however, Pearce and his crew encounter a French fleet and an indecisive battle ensues off the Ile de Groix. Pearce, accompanied by his faithful Pelicans, must go ashore to check where the forces of the Republic are gathering to crush the rebels ...
The Treacherous Coast
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Author : Raji Dorotez
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-05-28
The Treacherous Coast written by Raji Dorotez and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-28 with Fiction categories.
This is the first book of the Mid-Sea Chronicles, the adventures of Tiranu Shupari, a Sun Priest/Magician in the Mid-Sea Empire, son of the King-of-Kings, Zelim the Mighty, whom he put on the throne after a lengthy civil war three years previous to this tale. In this volume, he is sent from the City-of-Gold, the Imperial capital, on a secret journey 900 miles south, to the City-of-Winds, at the tip of the Mid-Sea, to aid rebels in overthrowing the Governor-for-Life there because he has just declared for the Emperor's most potent foe, the grandson of Tatenos Totori, who held the throne just before Zelim. However, the ship he's on is scuttled at sea and Tiranu is forced into the water along with his faithful bodyguard, Barth Jarrow. They make it to shore, but find they are in an area infested with dragons and man-eating birds with wing-spans of 30-feet. To make matters worse, it is discovered that Tiranu escaped and he is chased by his enemies through the Wilderness. However, he does have friends, namely an Immortal, Tara, who has taken an interest in him since he was born. This tale and all the others are told by his younger brother, Tjamoo Shupari, also a Sun Priest, nearly a century after these events take place. He has made it his life-work to collect the tales of his brother, edit them, and publish them. As he says in his introduction, "Tiranu was a very human hero with superhuman talents." This first book is part of a trilogy. The second two books, THE WARLORD OF NEDUNG BETAR and THE PIRATE KING OF TRELAG SZUU have been written. They merely need editing, so they should be published within the year of this one. This series has lots of magic, lots of monsters, and lots of metaphysical truths that the reader will enjoy discovering.
The Caliban Shore
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Author : Stephen Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2012-10-04
The Caliban Shore written by Stephen Taylor and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-04 with History categories.
The 'Grosvenor' was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, a grand three-masted square-rigger of 741 tons bristling with 26 cannon. When she ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa, an astonishing number of her crew and passengers, including women and children, reached the shore safely. But the castaways were hundreds of miles from the nearest European outpost - and utterly ignorant of their surroundings and the people among whom they found themselves. Stephen Taylor pieces together this extraordinary saga with tremendous narrative flair. Drawing upon much new research, he sifts the myths that became attached to the 'Grosvenor' from a reality that is no less gripping. Taking the reader to the heart of what is now the Wild Coast of Pondoland, The Caliban Shore reveals the misunderstandings that led to tragedy, tells the story of those who escaped and unravels the mystery of those who stayed.
On A Barbarous Coast
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Author : Craig Cormick
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2020-06-02
On A Barbarous Coast written by Craig Cormick and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-02 with Fiction categories.
We were becoming the wild things we most feared, but could not see it at the time. On a night of raging winds and rain, Captain Cook's Endeavour lies splintered on a coral reef off the coast of far north Australia. A small disparate band of survivors, fracturing already, huddle on the shore of this strange land - their pitiful salvage scant protection from the dangers of the unknown creatures and natives that live here. Watching these mysterious white beings, the Guugu Yimidhirr people cannot decide if they are ancestor spirits to be welcomed - or hostile spirits to be speared. One headstrong young boy, Garrgiil, determines to do more than watch and to be the one to find out what exactly they are. Fierce, intriguing and thoughtful, On a Barbarous Coast is the story of a past and future that might have been. 'Australia's "origin" story brilliantly re-imagined, in which Indigenous Australians rightfully assume their central place.' Susan Johnson, author of The Broken Book
The Coast Road
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Author : Paul Gogarty
language : en
Publisher: Portico
Release Date : 2013-04-17
The Coast Road written by Paul Gogarty and has been published by Portico this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-17 with Travel categories.
Winner of the 'Travel Narrative Book of the Year' in 2005 by the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW), The Coast Road presents an idiosyncratic and illuminating snapshot of England and what it is to be English today. In this travelogue, award-winning writer Paul Gogarty travels 3,000 miles in a motorhome, exploring intimate coastal communities and ruminating on the future of the English coast. All points of the compass are covered; after an unsettling benediction at Dover's Eastern Docks he travels to Derek Jarman's Dungeness; to rakish Brighton and Madame Rosina's Bournemouth; the mudflats and Arabian sands of the north- west, where he joins a roomful of George Formbys in Blackpool; the now infamous Morcambe Bay; Billy Butlin's Skegness; and a parachuting vicar. The journey comes full circle in the secret creeks of East Anglia. The Coast Road is a warm-hearted tribute to England's coastline written by a romantic spirit who beautifully captures both the idiosyncrasies of the nation and the euphoria of the open road.
The Iron Bound Coast
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Author : Wallace Badham
language : en
Publisher: Oratia Media Ltd
Release Date : 2009
The Iron Bound Coast written by Wallace Badham and has been published by Oratia Media Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
Written from first-hand experience, it brings to life the early years of Karekare and neighbouring farming and logging settlements, at a time when car and air travel were starting to end the isolation of these stunning locations.
Canada S West Coast
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Author : Chris Cheadle
language : en
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
Release Date : 2008-10-24
Canada S West Coast written by Chris Cheadle and has been published by Heritage House Publishing Co this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-24 with History categories.
This book depicts the west coast of British Columbia in all its glory. The distinctive peeling bark on the trunk of an arbutus tree. Towering Sitka spruce trees. Migrating sandpipers in Clayoquot Sound. A grizzly bear feeding on pink salmon near Knight Inlet Lodge. Author/photographer Chris Cheadle walked the streams of the rainforests, kayaked to remote beaches, sailed the inlets, explored the islands and listened to the wisdom of First Nations elders to capture these striking images.