Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War

by William Henry Giles Kingston

Book Overview

"Land! land on the larboard bow!" The cry was uttered in a foreign tongue from the masthead of a corvette of twenty guns, a beautiful long, low, flush-decked craft with dark hull, taunt raking masts, and square yards, which, under all the sails she could carry with a southerly breeze right aft, was gliding rapidly over the now smooth surface of the northern ocean. The haughty flag of old Spain, and the language spoken on board, showed that she belonged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151476380X
• ISBN13: 9781514763803
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"