This 1869 novel was an exposé of ship-knackers—merchants who made their money from the foundering of ships, with no regard for their crews. Robert Penfold, a young clergyman convicted of forgery, is shipwrecked while on his way to Australia and cast up, with the heroine, upon a desert island.
© 2011 Barnes & Noble (Ebook): 9781411450998
Release date
Ebook: 19 April 2011
This 1869 novel was an exposé of ship-knackers—merchants who made their money from the foundering of ships, with no regard for their crews. Robert Penfold, a young clergyman convicted of forgery, is shipwrecked while on his way to Australia and cast up, with the heroine, upon a desert island.
© 2011 Barnes & Noble (Ebook): 9781411450998
Release date
Ebook: 19 April 2011
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