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The War of the Axe; Or, Adventures in South Africa
J. Percy Groves
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, 2022-09-15
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Fiction / General
ISBN
EAN:8596547312239
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XUiLEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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'The War of the Axe; Or, Adventures in South Africa' is a military-themed adventure novel written by John Percy Groves, set in South Africa. The story unfolds in the early summer of the year of grace 1844 at the Surat Castle, where a fine clipper barque of 400 tons burthen, left the London docks on a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, with a valuable cargo and several passengers, including a small draft of volunteers and recruits for the Saint Helena regiment. The Surat Castle traded regularly between the port of London and Table Bay, and so well-known was she as a fast-sailing, seaworthy vessel, with excellent accommodation, and such was the popularity and reputation of her commander and part-owner, Captain John Ladds, that many Cape gentlemen, who had occasion to make the trip to the old country and back every two or three years, preferred taking their passage in her rather than in the ordinary mail-packets.