John Deane
Book details
- Title
- John Deane
- Publication year listed
- 1870
- Format
- Public domain eBook
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About this book
John Deane
Author: William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880)
Year: 1870
According to the author in his preface, John Deane really existed and had an interesting and successful life in a variety of roles. He was born in 1679, of well-to-do parents, but started his working life as a drover, that is to say a person who drove great herds of cattle from the countryside to the great cities like London, for consumption there. He then joined the Navy and rose to become a ship's captain. After a spell as a Merchant Adventurer, he commanded a vessel in the Russian navy of Alexander the Great. Later he became British Consul at Ostend, on the coast of Belgium, quite close to south-east England. Finally he came back home to live in a village near Nottingham, receiving civic honours in that city. He died in 1760. This book could therefore be called a historical novel, but written with the style and genius of Kingston it becomes far more than that. You will enjoy it.
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