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The Coward of Grimsby
Eric Daniel Ryan
出版Maple Street Books, 2021-11-03
主題Fiction / Historical / General
ISBN17378144049781737814405
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=N9SUEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In the waning years of the Victorian era, a French fisherman named Georges Dufort discovers evidence of a long-forgotten family secret that brings forth an epic battle of truth, greed, and survival. After arriving in the port city of Grimsby, England, Georges meets Cornelius Braddock, a widowed aristocrat searching for a reason to live after the death of his beloved wife. Georges tells him the tale of a ship loaded with Spanish gold that disappeared off the African coast while on the run from the conquering armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. After sharing the family secret with Braddock, the two men form a quick bond and begin to plan for the voyage of a lifetime. But things take a turn for the worse when Georges mysteriously disappears on the eve of the journey and forces Braddock to embark on the treasure hunt without him. After seven months and thought to be lost at sea, Braddock washes up on the shores of France, half-dead and telling a tragic tale of bloodlust and mutiny. Since he returned home without the ship or his eight-man crew, he is thrown into prison and blamed for their disappearance. Braddock is branded a coward and a criminal for saving only himself and abandoning his crew to the harsh fate of the ocean. Now, only one person may hold the key to what truly happened on that fateful voyage and if the stories of the Spanish treasure were true after all. Will Georges Dufort find redemption for Braddock, or will the truth remain buried at sea? Find out in this gripping tale of a long-lost treasure and the lives it forever changed.