Hearts of Oak
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The buildings grow.And the city expands.And the people of the land are starting to behave abnormally.Or perhaps they’ve always behaved that way, and it’s normality that’s at fault.And the king of the land confers with his best friend, who happens to be his closest advisor, who also happens to be a talking cat. But that’s all perfectly natural and not at all weird.And when chief architect Iona wakes from a long period of blindly accepting the status quo, she realizes there’s a mystery to be solved. A strange, somewhat bizarre mystery, to be sure, but no less dangerous for its improbability.And ...
Chapters (37)
- Hearts of Oak.
- Book I.
- CHAPTER I. POOR UNCLE BOB!
- CHAPTER II. THE WRECK ON THE GORTON SANDS.
- CHAPTER III. "I SEE IT ALL," HE SAID. "I SEE IT ALL."
- CHAPTER IV. UNCLE BOB TELLS TOM'S STORY.
- CHAPTER V. A MOUNTAIN WAVE COMES SWELLING OVER THE SANDS.
- CHAPTER VI. SUMMER MORNING ON A NORFOLK BROAD.
- CHAPTER VII. THE LAUNCH OF THE "QUEEN OF THE BROADS."
- CHAPTER VIII. "STAY AT HOME, MY LAD, AND PLANT CABBAGES."
- CHAPTER IX. HORATIO NELSON'S EARLIER DAYS.
- CHAPTER X. "I WILL BE A HERO, AND TRUSTING TO PROVIDENCE BRAVE EVERY DANGER."
- CHAPTER XI. "THERE'S A STORM BREWING, AND YOU'LL BE IN IT, TOM."
- CHAPTER XII. "DAN WILL NE'ER BE DAN AGAIN," THEY SAID.
- Book II.
- CHAPTER I. TOM'S BAPTISM OF BLOOD.
- CHAPTER II. HOW TOM BURE JOINED THE SERVICE.
- CHAPTER III. IN THE GUNROOM MESS—THE GREAT WAR GAME.
- CHAPTER IV. "WERE THERE REALLY TEARS IN NELSON'S EYES?"
- CHAPTER V. THE GLORIOUS OLD "AGAMEMNON."
- CHAPTER VI. A DUEL TO THE DEATH.
- CHAPTER VII. THE BATTLE OF ST. VINCENT.
- CHAPTER VIII. LIFE IN NELSON'S SHIP.
- CHAPTER IX. BOMBARDING CADIZ—A MADCAP EXPEDITION.
- CHAPTER X. A DARK NIGHT'S WORK.
- CHAPTER XI. A HAPPY HOME-COMING.
- Book III
- CHAPTER I. A GIPSY'S WARNING.
- CHAPTER II. THE FIGHT ON BLACKMUIR MARSH.
- CHAPTER III. "VOLUNTEERS" FOR THE NAVY.—THE BURNING OF THE "HIGHFLYER."
- CHAPTER IV THE SEARCH FOR THE FRENCH FLEET—AT LAST.
- CHAPTER V. THE BATTLE OF THE NILE—HORRORS OF THE COCKPIT—NELSON WOUNDED.
- CHAPTER VI. THE BURNING OF THE "ORIENT"—A HEART OF OAK.
- CHAPTER VII. FACE TO FACE WITH THE DANISH SHIPS.
- CHAPTER VIII. A "GLORIOUS DAY'S RENOWN."
- CHAPTER IX. NELSON'S LAST DAYS AND HOURS.
- CHAPTER X. "JACK, I FEEL THERE IS SOMETHING WANTING IN MY LIFE."
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