The all true adventures (and rare education) of the daredevil Daniel Bones
Booth, Owen2021
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The 1880s are drawing to a close, and 14 (maybe 15)-year-old Daniel Bones fears that the prospects for him and his younger brother Will may be dimming with the century. For the motherless sons of a drunken blacksmith, life on a barren spit of land reaching into the Essex estuary holds little promise. Until one evening, from out of the water, there emerges the astonishing figure of Captain Clarke B: cigar-smoking daredevil adventurer, charlatan, casanova, and inventor of the world-famous life-saving inflatable suit. As the Captain embarks on his ramshackle promotional tour of Europe, Daniel is sucked into his wake, on an adventure that will carry him through the waterways of the continent, encountering Kings and Princesses, wealthy widows, irate husbands, anarchists, arms dealers, and shadowy power-brokers.
Main title:
Author:
Booth, Owen, author
Imprint:
London : 4th Estate, 2021.
Collation:
352 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2020.
ISBN:
9780008282585 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PS3602
Local class:
FIC
Language:
English
BRN:
2834740