At dawn the Broken Heart lies at anchor off an English coast, ready to sail for the Caribbean. Her owner, the dreamer Charles Margaret, carries with him Olivia, the woman he loves, and her husband, and the voyage soon brings mutterings in the forecastle, irons for troublemakers and the hard lessons of buccaneering waters.
An early novel by the future Poet Laureate, full of the seamanship of Salt-Water Ballads. Download the free EPUB.