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A Younger Son: A New Translation
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 15 2025
Pages: 538
Weight: 1.41
Height: 1.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A daring tale of rebellion, desertion, and high-seas adventure in the exotic East!
Born into an aristocratic English family, young Edward seems destined for a life of privilege-until his father's brutal authority drives him to rebellion. Expelled from boarding school for his violent defiance, he's thrust into the harsh world of naval service aboard a British frigate bound for India.
But when humiliation at the hands of a cruel officer becomes unbearable, Edward makes a fateful choice: desertion. Fleeing into the dangerous waters of the Indian Ocean, he falls under the protection of the mysterious De Ruyter, a gentleman corsair who offers him something his father never did-friendship and freedom.
From the ports of Bombay to the hidden coves of Madagascar, from fierce naval battles to forbidden romance with the beautiful Arab girl Zela, Edward's adventures take him far beyond the constraints of his birth. He encounters pirates, slaves, revolutionaries, and outcasts-men and women who live by their own rules in a world where the only law is survival.
Originally published by Alexandre Dumas in his literary newspaper Le Mousquetaire, this thrilling memoir-based on the real adventures of Edward John Trelawny, companion of Lord Byron and Percy Shelley-captures the spirit of a young man who chose liberty over duty, and the open sea over the suffocating traditions of English society.
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