Overview
Jack Robson, the 14-year old son of a widowed mother, lives on the English coast in a small village between Plymouth and Yarmouth. He works on one of many small coast-fishing boats called bawleys. Bawleys are normally crewed by two men and a boy. When Jack plays a pivotal role in saving passengers of a grounded sailing ship, he come to the attention of a ship owner, who places him as an apprentice on board one of his ships. In the company of two of his fellow-apprentices he is left behind at Alexandria, in the hands of Egyptian troops who have revolted. Jack is present through the bombardment of Alexandria and the riot and blood-shed that accompanied it.
- | Author: George Alfred Henty
- | Publisher: Nook Press
- | Publication Date: Jan 21, 2018
- | Number of Pages: 220 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1538064375
- | ISBN-13: 9781538064375
