Dick Rodney, an Eton schoolboy, ignores three warnings and finds himself adrift and then aboard the brig Eugenie under a Dutch captain. A hurricane drives them to the Canary Islands, a shipmate is tattooed, a sinister Cuban joins the voyage, and a fire at sea sends the crew scrambling into a boat with blankets, a hatchet and little else.
Rousing Victorian sea adventure for young readers who like storms, castaways and villains. Download the free EPUB.