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The Speedwell Voyage: A Tale of Piracy and Mutiny in the Eighteenth Century [Rime of the Ancient Mariner]
by Poolman, Kenneth
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1557506930
- ISBN 13
- 9781557506931
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality, First Edition; First Printing; Dust jacket in protective Mylar sleeve. Photos show reflections from clear Mylar protective Dust-jacket cover. . The story is based on the real-life adventures of George Shelvocke, commander of the 22-gun privateer Speedwell that set sail in 1718 to steal treasure from Spanish ships in the South Seas.
Filled with pirates, mutinies, sea battles, violent storms, and shipwrecks on exotic islands, the fast-moving narrative offers authentic details of the period and honest characterizations of real individuals.
Not since Shelvocke's own book was published in 1726 has the full story been told, although Samuel Coleridge based his Rime of the Ancient Mariner on events reported by Speedwell's captain
Synopsis
Kenneth Poolman , a World War II veteran of the Royal Navy, served on a light carrier, a minesweeper, and a destroyer. When he returned to civilian life he attended Cambridge University and eventually worked for the BBC as a writer and producer of documentaries for radio and as a script editor for television. A resident of Surrey, England, he has published 24 books, mostly on sea-air warfare in World War II, including The Winning Edge: Naval Technology in Action, 1939-1945, HMS Kelly, Scourge of the Atlantic , and The Sea Hunters .
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003786
- Title
- The Speedwell Voyage: A Tale of Piracy and Mutiny in the Eighteenth Century [Rime of the Ancient Mariner]
- Author
- Poolman, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1557506930
- ISBN 13
- 9781557506931
- Publisher
- Naval Inst Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, Maryland:
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Pirates, South Seas, 18th Century, Speedwell, Voyages; Oceania; Maritime History
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