The Trumpet-Major
by Thomas Hardy
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About This Book
From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La Santa Roja and to conquer Panama, the “cup of gold.” Steinbeck’s first novel and sole work of historical fiction, Cup of Gold is a lush, lyrical swashbuckling pirate fantasy, and sure to add new dimensions to readers’ perceptions of this all-American writer. This edition features an introduction by Susan F....
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- THE TRUMPET-MAJOR JOHN LOVEDAY
- PREFACE
- I. WHAT WAS SEEN FROM THE WINDOW OVERLOOKING THE DOWN
- II. SOMEBODY KNOCKS AND COMES IN
- III. THE MILL BECOMES AN IMPORTANT CENTRE OF OPERATIONS
- IV. WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE MILLER’S LITTLE ENTERTAINMENT
- V. THE SONG AND THE STRANGER
- VI. OLD MR. DERRIMAN OF OXWELL HALL
- VII. HOW THEY TALKED IN THE PASTURES
- VIII. ANNE MAKES A CIRCUIT OF THE CAMP
- IX. ANNE IS KINDLY FETCHED BY THE TRUMPET-MAJOR
- X. THE MATCH-MAKING VIRTUES OF A DOUBLE GARDEN
- XI. OUR PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY THE PRESENCE OF ROYALTY
- XII. HOW EVERYBODY GREAT AND SMALL CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE DOWNS
- XIII. THE CONVERSATION IN THE CROWD
- XIV. LATER IN THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY
- XV. ‘CAPTAIN’ BOB LOVEDAY OF THE MERCHANT SERVICE
- XVI. THEY MAKE READY FOR THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER
- XVII. TWO FAINTING FITS AND A BEWILDERMENT
- XVIII. THE NIGHT AFTER THE ARRIVAL
- XIX. MISS JOHNSON’S BEHAVIOUR CAUSES NO LITTLE SURPRISE
- XX. HOW THEY LESSENED THE EFFECT OF THE CALAMITY
- XXI. ‘UPON THE HILL HE TURNED’
- XXII. THE TWO HOUSEHOLDS UNITED
- XXIII. MILITARY PREPARATIONS ON AN EXTENDED SCALE
- XXIV. A LETTER, A VISITOR, AND A TIN BOX
- XXV. FESTUS SHOWS HIS LOVE
- XXVI. THE ALARM
- XXVII. DANGER TO ANNE
- XXVIII. ANNE DOES WONDERS
- XXIX. A DISSEMBLER
- XXX. AT THE THEATRE ROYAL
- XXXI. MIDNIGHT VISITORS
- XXXII. DELIVERANCE
- XXXIII. A DISCOVERY TURNS THE SCALE
- XXXIV. A SPECK ON THE SEA
- XXXV. A SAILOR ENTERS
- XXXVI. DERRIMAN SEES CHANCES
- XXXVII. REACTION
- XXXVIII. A DELICATE SITUATION
- XXXIX. BOB LOVEDAY STRUTS UP AND DOWN
- XL. A CALL ON BUSINESS
- XLI. JOHN MARCHES INTO THE NIGHT
- Footnotes:
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