Category: Historical Novels

The Three Commanders

MURRAY'S HIGHLAND HOME--A VISIT FROM ADMIRAL TRITON--ADAIR AND HIS NEPHEW APPEAR--MURRAY APPOINTED TO THE OPAL, ADAIR FIRST LIEUTENANT-- PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE--ADMIRAL TRITON AND MRS DEBORAH INVITE MRS MURRAY TO STAY AT SOUTHSEA--THE OPAL AND HER CREW--A POETICAL LIEUTENA...

Chapters

21. Chapter 21

DICK NEEDHAM'S EXPEDITION--DICK AND ARCHIE CAPTURED--ATTACK ON THE CARAVAN--UNEXPECTED MEETING WITH HIGSON AND MIDSHIPMEN--HIGSON'S UNWILLINGNESS TO RETURN--JACK'S SOLUTION OF T...

24. Chapter 24

SANTA CRUZ--ITS UNATTRACTIVE INHABITANTS--A SCHOONER CHASED BY THE BOATS--SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS--THE SCHOONER ALLOWED TO PROCEED--A GALE-- RUN FOR SHELTER UNDER THE LEE OF AN IS...

11. Chapter 11

THE LOOK-OUT PARTY ON THE ISLAND--A SLAVE CARAVAN--UNWELCOME VISITORS-- THREE DHOWS CHASED--WRECK OF THE DHOWS--RESCUING THE SLAVES--DANGEROUS POSITION OF THE PARTY ON SHORE--TH...

10. Chapter 10

NEWS FROM ENGLAND--JACK ROGERS APPOINTED TO THE GAUNTLET--ADAIR PROMOTED, AND SUCCEEDS HIM IN COMMAND OF THE ROMP--THE THREE MIDSHIPMEN TRANSFERRED TO THE GAUNTLET--A TRIP ON SH...

14. Chapter 14

REVIEW AT SPITHEAD--ADMIRAL TRITON'S OPINION OF STEAM-VESSELS--THE ALLIED FLEETS IN CAVARNA BAY--JACK VISITS MURRAY ON BOARD THE BRITON-- BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA--LOSS OF THE TIGE...

22. Chapter 22

ADAIR ACQUITTED FOR LOSS OF FLASH--APPOINTED TO GLEAM--THE TORNADO IN THE BOSPHORUS--ARRIVAL OF HERR GROBEN--HIGSON OBTAINS LEAVE OF ABSENCE-- TOM ASKS FOR IT, AND IS SENT ON BO...

4. Chapter 4

ORDERED AGAIN TO ANGOXA--ISLAND OF MAFAMALE--SEINE FISHING--DESMOND'S VICTORY OVER THE FISH--THE CARPENTER TRIES HIS HAND, BUT CATCHES A TARTAR--LIFE ON THE ISLAND--JERRY BIRD'S...

16. Chapter 16

THE TORNADO AT BALACLAVA--THE ALLIED CAMPS--RUSSIAN CAVALRY AND HIGHLANDERS--THE FLYING TURKS AND THE HIGHLAND WIFE--CHARGE OF THE HEAVY BRIGADE--"INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH RODE...

13. Chapter 13

SIX MONTHS PASS AWAY--THE GAUNTLET GOES IN SEARCH OF THE ROMP--JACK STANDS BY HER--"BREAKERS AHEAD"--ANXIOUS SUSPENSE--PROBABLE FATE OF THE ROMP--JACK PROCEEDS TO ZANZIBAR--SEAR...

15. Chapter 15

"Just gone seven bells, sir," said Billy Blueblazes, as he entered Jack's cabin, sent according to orders by Mr Mildmay, who had the morning watch on the 7th of September 1854....

20. Chapter 20

GREEN RETURNS WITHOUT HIGSON AND TOM--JACK GOES IN SEARCH OF THEM-- COLONEL PASKIEWICH'S HOUSE--HIGSON AND TOM CAPTURED BY COSSACKS--TOM'S ESCAPE--MISS FEODOROWNA'S JOY--THE FOR...

19. Chapter 19

AN EXPEDITION UP THE RIVER--ATTACK ON THE MAGAZINES--BURNING STOREHOUSES AND VESSELS--HIGSON AND ARCHIE HAVE TO RUN FOR IT--PULL DOWN THE RIVER-- HIGSON AND TOM HAVE TO RECRUIT...

2. Chapter 2

CROSSING THE EQUATOR--BILLY BLUEBLAZES LOOKS OUT FOR THE LINE, BUT DOES NOT SEE IT--HE AND GERALD MASTHEADED--TRISTAN D'ACUNHA: JOS GREEN, AS USUAL, "MEETS WITH A FRIEND"--THE O...

1. Chapter 1

MURRAY'S HIGHLAND HOME--A VISIT FROM ADMIRAL TRITON--ADAIR AND HIS NEPHEW APPEAR--MURRAY APPOINTED TO THE OPAL, ADAIR FIRST LIEUTENANT-- PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE--ADMIRAL TRIT...

18. Chapter 18

STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE BEGINNING OF 1855--MURRAY IN COMMAND OF THE GIAOUR--SHELLING SEBASTOPOL BY NIGHT--TOM FINDS MATTER FOR SERIOUS THOUGHT--THE TORNADO CHASES A RUSSIAN STEA...

3. Chapter 3

MOZAMBIQUE--VISIT TO THE GOVERNOR--HAMED, THE INTERPRETER--ESCAPE OF A SLAVE TO THE OPAL--PREPARATIONS FOR SHARP WORK--A SLAVE DHOW IN SIGHT-- HER WRECK--ADAIR AFTER HER THROUGH...

25. Chapter 25

JACK'S ANXIETY--SEARCH FOR THE BOATS--A WRECK DISCOVERED--THE MATE BROUGHT OFF--MR LARGE ATTACKED BY SAVAGES--THE NATIVES PUNISHED--THE BOATS RECOVERED--SYDNEY--THE SHIPS SAIL F...

12. Chapter 12

THE LOOK-OUT PARTY ATTACKED--REPULSE AND FLIGHT OF THE ARABS--SECURING THE PRISONERS--A NIGHT ON THE BEACH--REJOIN THE SHIP--BURNING OF THE DHOW--ARABS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE TO THE...

23. Chapter 23

A HARD TRIAL FOR JACK AND TERENCE--THE DRAGON AND EOLUS SAIL FOR THE PACIFIC--THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN, VALPARAISO, CALLAO--PERUVIAN KIDNAPPERS--A STRANGE TALE--SAIL FOR TAHITI--...

9. Chapter 9

TOM ROGERS SPINS A YARN--ADVENTURES IN BURMAH--UP THE IRRAWADDY--CAPTURE OF MARTABAN--TOM'S WHISKERS--CAPTURE OF PROME--EXPEDITION ON SHORE-- GENERAL BUNDOOLAH THINKS DISCRETION...

8. Chapter 8

ANOTHER DHOW CHASED--SLAVES THROWN OVERBOARD--DHOW CAPTURED--HER HOLD-- ZANZIBAR--"SPICY ODOURS"--A TRIP ON SHORE--THE SLAVE-MARKET--HORRORS OF THE SLAVE-TRADE IN THE INTERIOR--...

6. Chapter 6

ADAIR BOARDS THE THIRD DHOW--HER CREW AND PASSENGERS--PANGO DISCOVERS THAT THE LATTER ARE SLAVES--ADAIR RETURNS WITH THE DHOW TO THE ISLAND-- GREEN ABSENT ON AN EXPEDITION--ADAI...

7. Chapter 7

THE MIDSHIPMEN SWIM FOR THEIR LIVES--FIND THE CANOE--ADRIFT ON THE OCEAN--THEIR SUFFERINGS--PICKED UP BY THE ROMP, COMMANDER JACK ROGERS-- TOM'S MEETING WITH DESMOND AND ARCHIE-...

17. Chapter 17

The _Tornado_, exerting her steam-powers to the utmost, was on her way back to Balaclava. On the 13th of November the glass fell; the weather, which had hitherto been calm and s...

5. Chapter 5

THREE DHOWS CHASED--ONE IS CAPTURED AND LEFT IN CHARGE OF DESMOND AND ARCHIE--FRIGHTFUL CONDITION OF SLAVES ON BOARD--HORRIBLE CRUELTIES PRACTISED BY ARABS--JERRY BIRD SETS THE...