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Title: The Three Admirals

Author: W.H.G. Kingston

Illustrator: J.R. Wells and C.J. Staniland

Release Date: May 15, 2007 [EBook #21447]

Language: English

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Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

The Three Admirals. Life in the Royal Navy in the 1860s. By W.H.G.
Kingston.

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This is the fourth in Kingston's tetralogy that begins with The Three
Midshipmen, and ends with The Three Admirals. These books were among
the first written by Kingston, and were published serially in weekly
magazines. Kingston's reputation was made by these books, that first
appeared about 1860, and dealt with an officer's life in the Navy at
about that time.

By an extraordinary co-incidence, the three young men who had met as
midshipmen, get postings that enable them to keep their friendships live
even when they are Admirals. Another old friend is Admiral Triton, who,
is now dead and buries on the Isle of Wight, but they get to visit his
grave.

This is actually quite a long book, but it is full of adventures, and
you will love it as much as you loved its predecessors.

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THE THREE ADMIRALS. LIFE IN THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE 1860s. BY W.H.G.
KINGSTON.

CHAPTER ONE.

THE DRAGON OFF THE BONINS--A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TOM ROGERS AND ARCHIE
GORDON--GERALD DESMOND ON THE SICK-LIST--THREATENINGS OF A TYPHOON--IT
STRIKES THE SHIP--SHE RUNS BEFORE IT--THE SHIP HOVE TO--THE BOWSPRIT
CARRIED AWAY--A MARINE WILL-O'-THE-WISP--ENTER A BAY IN ONE OF THE BONIN
ISLANDS--TOM, GERALD, AND BILLY GET LEAVE TO VISIT THE SHORE--A
BEAUTIFUL CAVERN--LAND ON THE ISLAND--THEIR DISCOVERIES--FISHING--
INTERRUPTED BY SHARKS--A PICNIC--BOAT DRIFTS AWAY FROM THE SHORE--TOM
SWIMS OFF--NARROW ESCAPE FROM A SHARK--SEE THE SHIP IN THE OFFING--PULL
AFTER HER--A HURRICANE COMING ON--FEARFUL DANGER WHEN RE-ENTERING THE
HARBOUR.

Her Majesty's corvette _Dragon_, lately commanded by our