A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas
A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas

A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas

A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese SeasWhen I first related to you the following...
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A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas

A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas

$105.55 $52.75
A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas

A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas

$105.55 $52.75
Author: Loviot, Fanny
Format: eBook
Language: English
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A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas

When I first related to you the following strange and eventful episode, you advised me, inexperienced as I was, to write and publish it. I had never written a book in my life; but you encouraged me to make the attempt. "Be simple," you said, "be natural, and even simplicity and nature will suffice to make your work attractive. Add nothing, and take nothing away. Relate all your sufferings, and bid your pen record the faithful dictates of your memory. You will at least find friends among that healthy class which loves the simple and the true. Leave geology and geography alone, and be only yourselfa young and courageous woman, cast into the midst of frightful dangers, and miraculously saved. Many as are the [iv]readers and writers of travels, few women have visited China, and none, save yourself, have such a tale of adventure to relate. Write, then, and fear nothing." It was thus, Madame, that you persuaded me, and it is thus that I have obeyed you. I have lived, while writing, amid the scenes and sufferings of the past. I have once again experienced all the terrors of captivityonce again been tossed by tempests, blinded by incendiary flames, and threatened with uplifted sabres. Inasmuch as these things have moved me by the mere remembrance, so I trust they may interest others in the mere recital. They will at least bear the impress of emotion and truth. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 34167
Author: Loviot, Fanny
Release Date: Oct 30, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford, 1831-1892

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