[Gutenberg 18357] • A Jacobite Exile / Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden
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- Authors
- Henty, G.A.
- Publisher
- Robinson Books
- Tags
- exiles -- juvenile fiction , wolves -- juvenile fiction , battles -- juvenile fiction , escapes -- juvenile fiction , 1697-1718 -- juvenile fiction , history , jacobites -- juvenile fiction , prisoners -- juvenile fiction , spies -- juvenile fiction , sweden -- history -- charles xii , rescues -- juvenile fiction , christian life -- juvenile fiction , conduct of life -- juvenile fiction , adventure stories
- ISBN
- 9781590870075
- Date
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.26 MB
- Lang
- en
This adventure novel centers on a young man in the service of King Charles the XII of Sweden. Sir Marmaduke Carstairs is a Jacobite who is denounced as a plotter against King William. He and his son Charlie flee to Sweden. Charlie joins the foreign legion and is honored by his service in several campaigns against the Poles and Russians. (Jacobite refers to a political movement dedicated to restoring the Stuart kings to the throne of England. and Scotland.)