The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous
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"The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous" is one of the best-known works by the English author and journalist George Augustus Sala. It is an adventure novel that features the travels of Captain Dangerous, who was a soldier, a sailor, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the Moors, a bashaw in the service of the Grand Turk, and lived through a series of other unbelievable events before he finally got back to his home in Hanover Square. This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.

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George Augustus Sala. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous

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Volume 1

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PREFACE

CHAPTER THE FIRST. MINE OWN HOUSE

CHAPTER THE SECOND. THE HISTORY OF AN UNKNOWN LADY, WHO CAME FROM DOVER IN A COACH-AND-SIX

CHAPTER THE THIRD. THE HISTORY OF MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO WAS A LADY OF CONSEQUENCE IN THE WEST COUNTRY

CHAPTER THE FOURTH. MY GRANDMOTHER DIES, AND I AM LEFT ALONE, WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A NAME

CHAPTER THE FIFTH. I AM BARBAROUSLY ABUSED BY THOSE WHO HAVE CHARGE OF ME, AND FLYING INTO CHARLWOOD CHASE, JOIN THE "BLACKS."

CHAPTER THE SIXTH. THE HISTORY OF MY GRANDFATHER, WHO WAS SO LONG KEPT A PRISONER IN ONE OF THE KING'S CASTLES IN THE EAST COUNTRY

CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. I AM BRED UP IN VERY BAD COMPANY, AND (TO MY SHAME) HELP TO KILL THE KING'S DEER

CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. THE HISTORY OF MOTHER DRUM

CHAPTER THE NINTH. THE END OF MY ADVENTURES AMONG THE BLACKS

CHAPTER THE TENTH. I AM VERY NEAR BEING HANGED

FOOTNOTES:

Volume 2

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CHAPTER THE FIRST. OF SUNDRY MY ADVENTURES FROM THE TIME OF MY GOING ABROAD UNTIL MY COMING TO MAN'S ESTATE (WHICH WAS ALL THE ESTATE I HAD)

CHAPTER THE SECOND. OF OTHER MY ADVENTURES UNTIL MY COMING TO BE A MAN

CHAPTER THE THIRD. OF WHAT BEFEL ME IN THE LOW COUNTRIES

CHAPTER THE FOURTH. I MAKE THE GRAND TOUR, AND ACQUIRE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE POLITE WORLD

CHAPTER THE FIFTH. OF THE MANNER IN WHICH I CAME TO THE FAMOUS CITY OF PARIS

CHAPTER THE SIXTH. OF PARIS (BY THE WAY OF THE PRISON AT VIENNA), AND OF MY COMING BACK FOR A SEASON TO MY OWN COUNTRY, WHERE MY MASTER, THE CHAPLAIN, AND I PART COMPANY

CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. OF CERTAIN TICKLISH UPS AND DOWNS IN MY LIFE: AMONGST OTHERS OF MY BEING PRESSED FOR SERVICE IN THE FLEET

CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. JOHN DANGEROUS IS IN THE SERVICE OF KING GEORGE

CHAPTER THE NINTH. REBELLION IS MADE AN END OF, AND AFTER SOME FURTHER SERVICE WITH HIS MAJESTY I GO INTO BUSINESS ON MY OWN ACCOUNT

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Volume 3

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CHAPTER THE FIRST. I SEE MUCH OF THE INSIDE OF THE WORLD, AND THEN GO RIGHT ROUND IT

CHAPTER THE SECOND. MERCATOR HIS PROJECTION, AND WHAT CAME OF IT

CHAPTER THE THIRD. THE CONTINUATION OF MY VOYAGE UNTIL MY RETURN AGAIN TO EUROPE

CHAPTER THE FOURTH. OF THE SINGULAR MISFORTUNES WHICH BEFELL ME IN HOLLAND

CHAPTER THE FIFTH. OF A STRANGE AND HORRIBLE ADVENTURE I HAD IN PARIS, WHICH WAS NEARLY MY UNDOING

CHAPTER THE SIXTH. OF MY SECRET EMPLOYMENT IN THE SERVICE OF THE CARDINAL DE——

CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. I FALL INTO THE HANDS OF RECREANT PAYNIMS, AND AM SEDUCED TO A STATE OF MISERABLE SLAVERY

CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. AFTER MANY SURPRISING VICISSITUDES, J. DANGEROUS BECOMES BESTUSCHID BASHAW

CHAPTER THE NINTH AND LAST. OF MY SERVICE UNDER THE GREAT TURK AS A BASHAW; OF MY ADVENTURES IN RUSSIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES; AND OF MY COMING HOME AT LAST AND BUYING MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE (WHICH IS NOW MINE) IN HANOVER SQUARE

NOTE EXCULPATORY

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George Augustus Sala

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"I care not. The sooner the better. I ask but one Mercy: that you send me not to Tyburn, but to Hampton Court; there to be shot to death in the courtyard by a file of musketeers."

"Wherefore to Hampton?"

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