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XV - Escapades and Occasional Escapes
Q wrote a huge number of apparently fictional tales but many were actually inspired by historical facts. His writings can be categorised as adventure, romance or proto-feminist.This volume contains three tales involving adventure and romance relating escapades and an occasional lucky escape:-
- ‘Deadman’s Rock’, Q’s first novel, tells of the attempt by a Cornishman and, much later his son, to recover the family’s fortunes involving trips to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and back to Cornwall. ‘Deadman’s Rock’ involves travel to foreign parts, romance, escapades and adventures and is very much in the vein of Stevenson’s ‘Treasure Island’, Rider Haggard’s ‘King Solomon’s Mines’ and other adventure stories of the late Victorian period.
- ‘The Hotwells Duel’ is set in a spa town in the early Victorian period. Hotwells is clearly recognisable as Bath.
- ‘Rain of dollars’ is set during the, Napoleonic, Peninsular Wars which inspired many of Q’s adventure stories including ‘Tales of Ardevora I - Prisoners of War in France’ relating the capture and real life experiences as prisoners of war of two men from St. Ives. The tale is based on real life events which occurred under the command of General Sir Edward Paget.
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Series
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XI Lady Mary
XII Pirates!
XIII Love
XIV Scilly
XV Escapades and Occasional Escapes
XVI Hetty Wesley
XVII Tales of The Civil War
XVIII Spies
XIX The Westcotes
XX Harry Revel
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