Category: Historical Novels

Foster's Letter of Marque: A Tale of Old Sydney 1901

Becke, Louis, 1855-1913· 2 chapters· 7,127 words

One by one the riding-lights of the few store-ships and whalers lying in Sydney Harbour on an evening in January, 1802, were lit, and as the clear notes of a bugle from the barracks pealed over the bay, followed by the hoarse calls and shrill whistles of the boatswains' mates...

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1. Chapter 1

One by one the riding-lights of the few store-ships and whalers lying in Sydney Harbour on an evening in January, 1802, were lit, and as the clear notes of a bugle from the barr...

2. Chapter 2

A fortnight later, when Foster bade Dolly goodbye for another six months, she told him softly that she would be glad--oh, so very glad!--to hear news of him. A whaling voyage wa...