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The king's shilling
- Title
- The king's shilling / David Starr.
- Author
- Starr, David (School principal)
- Publication
- Vancouver, B.C., Canada : Ronsdale Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFC 19-299 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 221 pages : portrait; 20 cm
- Summary
- "This novel for young readers or young adults is about Duncan Scott, who is also the protagonist in David Starr's earlier novel, The Nor'Wester. In this new novel, set in 1810, Duncan returns to England to search for his sister, and learns that she is staying with Elizabeth Fry, but before he can find her he is press-ganged into the Royal Navy and is sent off to fight, first, the Russians in the Baltic and then the French in the Mediterranean. He escapes in the Mediterranean and swims to shore in Sicily and then buys a small boat which he sails with a shipmate to Malta. From there he returns to England to meet up with his sister and Elizabeth Fry. It turns out that Elizabeth Fry has been helping his sister, and he learns about Fry's good work."--
- Subject
- Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845 > Juvenile fiction
- Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845
- North West Company > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction
- Great Britain. Royal Navy > History > Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Juvenile fiction
- Great Britain. Royal Navy
- North West Company
- Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815)
- 1800-1899
- Sailors > Juvenile fiction
- Impressment > Juvenile fiction
- Naval battles > Great Britain > Juvenile fiction
- Desertion, Military > Juvenile fiction
- Prison reformers > Great Britain > Juvenile fiction
- Desertion, Military
- Impressment
- Naval battles
- Prison reformers
- Sailors
- Social conditions
- Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century > Juvenile fiction
- Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century > Juvenile fiction
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Naval history.
- Novels.
- Audience (note)
- Ages 9 and up.
- Call Number
- JFC 19-299
- ISBN
- 9781553805267
- 1553805267
- 9781553805274 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 9781553805281 (pdf) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2017473056
- OCLC
- 1015811733
- Author
- Starr, David (School principal), author.
- Title
- The king's shilling / David Starr.
- Publisher
- Vancouver, B.C., Canada : Ronsdale Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Audience
- Ages 9 and up.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Other Form:
- Online version: Starr, David. King's shilling. First edition. Vancouver, British Columbia : Ronsdale Press, 2018 1553805275 9781553805274 (OCoLC)1035313295Starr, David, author. King's shilling./ First edition. Vancouver, British Columbia : Ronsdale Press, 2018. (CaOONL)20189005335
- Research Call Number
- JFC 19-299