A furious battle occurs when Boroughcliffe and Dillon command the Alacrity against the Ariel commanded by Richard Barnstable.
A subplot involves Katherine Plowden and Cecilia Howard being kept by a wealthy South Carolina Tory at his manor, St. Ruth's Abbey. A furious battle occurs when Boroughcliffe and Dillon command the Alacrity against the Ariel commanded by Richard Barnstable. Supported by the coxswain, Long Tom Coffin, the hero saves the day when he guides an American ship escaping to Holland. Throughout the novel it is clear that the mysterious Mr. Gray is John Paul Jones as this novel was written in direct opposition to Sir Walter Scott's The Pirate, FTP, identify this 1823 novel by James Fennimore Cooper his first novel of the sea.
A subplot involves Katherine Plowden and Cecilia Howard being kept by a wealthy South Carolina Tory at his manor, St. Ruth's Abbey.
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