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The Dark Frigate

The Dark Frigate

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Number of Chapters: 24

Length: 07 hours and 23 minutes

Language: English

The frigate Rose of Devon rescues from a wreck in mid-ocean twelve men who show their gratitude by seizing the Rose, killing her captain and sailing toward the Caribbean where they hope to plunder Spanish towns and galleons. Mistaking an English man-of-war for a merchantman, they are captured and brought back to England for trial. Only one, an English lad, Philip Marsham, a member of the original crew of the Rose, is acquitted; and he, after adventures in the forces of King Charles, tires of Cromwell's England and sails for Barbados once more on the Rose of Devon.

The Dark Frigate has long been a favorite story for boys and in 1924 was awarded the John Newbery Medal, given annually "for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children."

When The Dark Frigate was first published F. F. Van deWater in The New York Tribune said: "No one, we think, has written so perfect a pirate tale since Treasure Island." (from the dustjacket of the first edition)

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Chapter 1: Flight (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 2: A Leal Man and a Fool (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 3: Two Sailors on Foot (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 4: The Girl at the Inn (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 5: Sir John Bristol (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 6: The Rose of Devon (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 7: The Ship's Liar (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 8: Storm (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 9: The Master's Guest (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 10: Between Midnight and Morning (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 11: Head Winds and a Rough Sea (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 12: The Porcupine Ketch (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 13: A Bird to be Limed (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 14: A Wonderful Excellent Cook (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 15: A Lonesome Little Town (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 16: The Harbour of Refuge (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 17: Will Canty (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 18: Tom Jordan's Mercy (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 19: A Man Seen Before (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 20: A Prize for the Taking (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 21: Ill Words Come True (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 22: Back to the Inn (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 23: And Old Sir John (Kathrine Engan)
Chapter 24: And Again the Rose of Devon (Kathrine Engan)
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