Exile Aboard a Virginia-Bound Brigol Isle Mystery
A first person recalling a harsh voyage from jail to transport aboard a brig named Romping Betsy of Plymouth. The narrator describes a stern guard, a diverse group of prisoners, and a striking pair including a dashing man and a reserved young woman as they sail toward a perilous southern voyage.
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Betsy
Plymouth
Virginia
America
Maryland
England
Carlyle
Tam
Aboard the Ship of Fate Crossing a Western World
A narrator recalls meeting two enigmatic strangers a pale girl with a bonnet and a male companion as they travel by ship. The girl embodies innocence and kindness while the man feels evil, foreshadowing intertwining life lines. Guards unbind him and he is led below deck to a crowded bunk in semi darkness as the voyage begins.
Prison Ship tale recalls horror and a fleeting glance
The narrator recalls a 53 day voyage in foul air and brutal guards aboard a prison ship. He describes deck exercises in ten-person squads, near suffocating conditions, and a young woman who recognizes him through the hatch as he is moved between quarters. He learns the Spaniard Sanchez and Maryland planter Roger Fairfax aboard, but the girl remains unnamed and unconnected to them.
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Gudra
Sanchez
Roger Fairfax
Saint Mary's
Maryland
London
American
Forbidden Talk Aboard a Ship of Captives
Dorothy Fairfax, traveling with her uncle to Maryland, reveals to Captain Geoffry Carlyle that he is spared from execution and promised sale to a master who will take him north. They discuss fate, mercy, and an unexpected plan to free him, while threats loom from Lieutenant Sanchez.
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Capes
Maryland
Dorothy Fairfax
Lord Jeffries
Geoffry Carlyle
Monmouth
England
Northumberland
Jeffries
Carlyle
Carlyles of
Buccleugh
Firy
Dorothy
Prithee
Sanchez
Burcclough
Saint Guise
Virginia
Roger Fairfax
Pirate Lieutenant and Dorothy Fairfax Entangle a Mystery
A narrator reflecting in a berth questions the motives behind Dorothy Fairfax’s efforts and the enmity of the Spaniard Lieutenant Sanchez while hinting at a deeper plot and loyalties on a dark deck.
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Black Sanchez
The Namur treasure and Carlyle’s quest aboard a pirate ship
Geoffry Carlyle a twenty year indenture in the American colonies enters life on the prison ship. He encounters Dorothy Fairfax and Captain Sanchez who is Black Sanchez the pirate. Carlyle maneuvers aboard the Namur and faces mutiny, theft, and a quest for Dorothy’s safety and Fairfax treasure.
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Carlyle
Namur
Finda Black Sanchez
Fairfax
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Duke
Navy
Saint Mary’s
Potomac
Roger
Jeff
Walt
Vii
Mate
the Sea
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A. O. McClurg & Co
Indie
Mariner
Captain Sanchez
Rotterdam
Captan Sanchez
The
Watkins
Estada
Estevan
the Namur
Wolves of the Sea
LeVere
le Vere
Geoffry
Goeoffry
Carislea
Pinch Sanchez
Diack Sanches
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