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Westward Ho!

di Charles Kingsley · 34 parti · about 21 hours di lettura

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Amyas Leigh è un ragazzo alto e forte del Devon che desidera il mare. Ai giorni della regina Elisabetta naviga a ovest con capitani audaci, inseguendo navi spagnole cariche d'oro, sfidando tempeste, giungle e la crudele Inquisizione in Sud America. Ama, perde, e si indurisce nella vendetta. A casa la sua storia finisce mentre l'Armada spagnola viene contro l'Inghilterra. Charles Kingsley la racconta come un'epopea, e dedicò il libro nel febbraio 1855 a due eroi che ammirava.

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Capitoli

Dedication1 min Chapter 1: How Mr. Oxenham Saw the White Bird37 min Chapter 2: How Amyas Came Home the First Time62 min Chapter 3: Of Two Gentlemen of Wales, and How They Hunted with the Hounds, and Yet Ran with the Deer36 min Chapter 4: The Two Ways of Being Crost in Love50 min Chapter 5: Clovelly Court in the Olden Time52 min Chapter 6: The Combes of the Far West16 min Chapter 7: The True and Tragical History of Mr. John Oxenham of Plymouth90 min Chapter 8: How the Noble Brotherhood of the Rose Was Founded35 min Chapter 9: How Amyas Kept His Christmas Day68 min Chapter 10: How the Mayor of Bideford Baited His Hook with His Own Flesh21 min Chapter 11: How Eustace Leigh Met the Pope's Legate34 min Chapter 12: How Bideford Bridge Dined at Annery House52 min Chapter 13: How the Golden Hind Came Home Again17 min Chapter 14: How Salvation Yeo Slew the King of the Gubbings48 min Chapter 15: How Mr. John Brimblecombe Understood the Nature of an Oath22 min Chapter 16: The Most Chivalrous Adventure of the Good Ship Rose33 min Chapter 17: How They Came to Barbados, and Found No Men Therein11 min Chapter 18: How They Took the Pearls at Margarita24 min Chapter 19: What Befell at La Guayra46 min Chapter 20: Spanish Bloodhounds and English Mastiffs49 min Chapter 21: How They Took the Communion Under the Tree at Higuerote34 min Chapter 22: The Inquisition in the Indies7 min Chapter 23: The Banks of the Meta34 min Chapter 24: How Amyas Was Tempted of the Devil44 min Chapter 25: How They Took the Gold-Train53 min Chapter 26: How They Took the Great Galleon60 min Chapter 27: How Salvation Yeo Found His Little Maid Again26 min Chapter 28: How Amyas Came Home the Third Time25 min Chapter 29: How the Virginia Fleet Was Stopped by the Queen's Command51 min Chapter 30: How the Admiral John Hawkins Testified Against Croakers31 min Chapter 31: The Great Armada36 min Chapter 32: How Amyas Threw His Sword Into the Sea37 min Chapter 33: How Amyas Let the Apple Fall12 min