Richard Carvel — Complete
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A swashbuckling, patriotic tale of romance, villainy and adventure on the high seas, written by American author Winston Churchill (not to be confused with British statesman Winston S. Churchill), Richard Carvel was a publishing phenomenon in its time, selling more than 2 million copies in a nation of 76 million people. The story opens around 1765 with young Richard Carvel, an orphaned descendant of English nobility, living on his grandfather's estate in colonial Annapolis, Maryland. He witnesses growing discontent with the rule of King George III and observes the transformation of his childhoo...
Chapters (69)
- RICHARD CARVEL
- FOREWORD
- RICHARD CARVEL
- Volume 1.
- CHAPTER I. LIONEL CARVEL, OF CARVEL HALL
- CHAPTER II. SOME MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD
- CHAPTER III. CAUGHT BY THE TIDE
- CHAPTER IV. GRAFTON WOULD HEAL AN OLD BREACH
- CHAPTER V. “IF LADIES BE BUT YOUNG AND FAIR”
- CHAPTER VI. I FIRST SUFFER FOR THE CAUSE
- CHAPTER VII. GRAFTON HAS HIS CHANCE
- Volume 2.
- CHAPTER VIII. OVER THE WALL
- CHAPTER IX. UNDER FALSE COLOURS
- CHAPTER X. THE RED IN THE CARVEL BLOOD
- CHAPTER XI. A FESTIVAL AND A PARTING
- CHAPTER XII. NEWS FROM A FAR COUNTRY
- Volume 3.
- CHAPTER XIII. MR. ALLEN SHOWS HIS HAND
- CHAPTER XIV. THE VOLTE COUPE
- CHAPTER XV. OF WHICH THE RECTOR HAS THE WORST
- CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH SOME THINGS ARE MADE CLEAR
- CHAPTER XVII. SOUTH RIVER
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE “BLACK MOLL”
- Volume 4.
- CHAPTER XIX. A MAN OF DESTINY
- CHAPTER XX. A SAD HOME-COMING
- CHAPTER XXI. THE GARDENER'S COTTAGE
- CHAPTER XXII. ON THE ROAD
- CHAPTER XXIII. LONDON TOWN
- CHAPTER XXIV. CASTLE YARD
- CHAPTER XXV. THE RESCUE
- Volume 5.
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE PART HORATIO PLAYED
- CHAPTER XXVII. IN WHICH I AM SORE TEMPTED
- CHAPTER XXVIII. ARLINGTON STREET
- CHAPTER XXIX. I MEET A VERY GREAT YOUNG MAN
- CHAPTER XXX. A CONSPIRACY
- CHAPTER XXXI. “UPSTAIRS INTO THE WORLD”
- CHAPTER XXXII. LADY TANKERVILLE'S DRUM-MAJOR
- CHAPTER XXXIII. DRURY LANE
- Volume 6.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. HIS GRACE MAKES ADVANCES
- CHAPTER XXXV. IN WHICH MY LORD BALTIMORE APPEARS
- CHAPTER XXXVI. A GLIMPSE OF MR. GARRICK
- CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SERPENTINE
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. IN WHICH I AM ROUNDLY BROUGHT TO TASK
- CHAPTER XXXIX. HOLLAND HOUSE
- CHAPTER XL. VAUXHALL
- CHAPTER XLI. THE WILDERNESS
- Volume 7.
- CHAPTER XLII. MY FRIENDS ARE PROVEN
- CHAPTER XLIII. ANNAPOLIS ONCE MORE
- CHAPTER XLIV. NOBLESSE OBLIGE
- CHAPTER XLV. THE HOUSE OF MEMORIES
- CHAPTER XLVI. GORDON'S PRIDE
- CHAPTER XLVII. VISITORS
- CHAPTER XLVIII. MULTUM IN PARVO
- CHAPTER XLIX. LIBERTY LOSES A FRIEND
- Volume 8.
- CHAPTER L. FAREWELL TO GORDON'S
- CHAPTER LI. HOW AN IDLE PROPHECY CAME TO PASS
- CHAPTER LII. HOW THE GARDENER'S SON FOUGHT THE “SERAPIS”
- CHAPTER LIII. IN WHICH I MAKE SOME DISCOVERIES
- CHAPTER LIV. MORE DISCOVERIES
- CHAPTER LV. “THE LOVE OF A MAID FOR A MAN”
- CHAPTER LVI. HOW GOOD CAME OUT OF EVIL
- CHAPTER LVII. I COME TO MY OWN AGAIN
- AFTERWORD
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