With Cochrane the Dauntless. G. A. Henty

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      Published by Good Press, 2020

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      EAN 4064066104269

Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       ILLUSTRATIONS.

       CHAPTER I.

       OFF TO SEA.

       CHAPTER II.

       IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO.

       CHAPTER III.

       A CYCLONE.

       CHAPTER IV.

       A RESCUE.

       CHAPTER V.

       AGAIN ON THE ISLAND.

       CHAPTER VI.

       HOME.

       CHAPTER VII.

       COCHRANE’S CAREER.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       THE BASQUE ROADS.

       CHAPTER IX.

       IN CHILI.

       CHAPTER X.

       WRECKED.

       CHAPTER XI.

       A DANGEROUS COMPANION.

       CHAPTER XII.

       DEATH OF THE CAPTAIN.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       PRIZE-MONEY.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       A PRISONER.

       CHAPTER XV.

       FRIENDS IN NEED.

       CHAPTER XVI.

       AN INDIAN GUIDE.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       DOWN THE RIVER.

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       CAPTURED BY INDIANS.

       CHAPTER XIX.

       IN BRAZIL.

       CHAPTER XX.

       FRESH TRIUMPHS.

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PREFACE.

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      In the annals of British sailors there is no name that should stand higher than that of Lord Cochrane. In some respects he resembled that daring leader and great military genius, the Earl of Peterborough. Both performed feats that most men would have regarded as impossible, both possessed extraordinary personal bravery and exceptional genius for war, and a love for adventure. Both accomplished marvels, and neither was appreciated at his full value by his countrymen, both having a touch of originality that amounted in the case of Peterborough to absolute eccentricity. In other respects they had little in common. Cochrane’s life was passed in one long struggle on behalf of the oppressed. He ruined his career in our navy, and created for himself a СКАЧАТЬ