Project Gutenberg 2008-09-19 Public domain in the USA. 57 Sala, George Augustus 1828 1895 Sala, George Augustus Henry Sala, George A. (George Augustus) Old stoker stoker, Old The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1" by George Augustus Sala is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The narrative follows the life of Captain John Dangerous, a man of many adventures who reflects on his diverse experiences as a soldier, sailor, merchant, and more, while now living in Hanover Square at the age of sixty-eight. The book is set against the backdrop of the 18th century, portraying a world vastly different from the modern one, filled with exploration, political strife, and the complex lives of its characters. At the start of the book, Captain Dangerous introduces himself and describes his life in retrospect. He takes pride in his accomplishments while expressing a defiant attitude toward his detractors, underscoring his adventurous past and how he has navigated controversies surrounding his reputation. His narrative provides insight into his beliefs about honor, his connections to warfare, and a sense of familial love for his daughter Lilias. As he details the layers of his identity and past adventures, including interactions with historical events and figures, readers glimpse how the author blends personal history with the broader societal context of his time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 381815 381824 2024-09-11T10:13:23.324464 2023-09-12T04:23:31.754036 text/html text/html 385661 2021-01-04T03:54:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 160005 2021-01-04T03:54:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 241151 2024-09-11T10:13:30.452424 application/epub+zip 242345 2024-09-11T10:13:25.362442 application/epub+zip 235241 2024-09-11T10:13:24.138443 application/epub+zip 506931 2024-09-11T10:13:34.394372 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465436 2024-09-11T10:13:29.542443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282709 2022-09-12T10:40:45.353018 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343114 342898 2024-09-11T10:13:22.704441 2023-09-12T04:23:31.192995 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 343079 2021-01-04T03:54:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 140468 2021-01-04T03:54:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 343075 2021-01-04T03:54:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140424 2021-01-04T03:54:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20309 2024-09-11T10:13:34.530378 application/rdf+xml 22085 2024-09-11T10:13:24.494439 image/jpeg 4725 2024-09-11T10:13:24.315419 image/jpeg 228083 2024-09-11T10:13:23.360450 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia