When His Majesty’s corvette Laurel raids a French-held island in the West Indies, the sailors carry off a most unusual piece of booty: a small child, who grows up as Charley Laurel under the care of the old seaman Dick Driver. A life-raft, a pirate ship, fire and captivity lie ahead as Charley tells his own story.
Classic Victorian sea adventure for boys from one of the great writers of the genre. Download the free EPUB.