Author: Hope-Simpson, Jacynth:
Title: The Gunner's Boy.
Description: London, Heinemann, 1973. 1st Ed., H/B blue cloth bds, VG+, sl. discol. on edge, unclipped d/w, VG+, a little edgewear at spine base, rear corner and rear fly, sm. piece missing from rear fly corner, prelim. stuck down neatly to front pastedown, lib. stamp on title verso, contents nice and tight. A nice copy. The last fight of the Revenge, a fine ship and handy sailer, became a legend of heroism hundreds of years ago. The author tells the tale through the eyes of young Mark Lawry, the parson's son from Buckland. It makes a splendidly rousing story, which is also full of surprises and new discoveries.

Keywords: ship, sailing, battle, war-ship, Spanish, Flet, Sir Richard Grenville, young boy, history, story, children's, juvenile, general literature, heroism, flagship. 434943150