
TO MY DEAR AUNTS - MRS. MARRIOTT - AND - MISS JEFFERY "AUNTIE KIZ" - I DEDICATE THIS BOOK - CHAPTER - I HOW MY SOLITUDE CAME TO AN END - II MY TROUBLES BEGIN - III HOW I HEARD A SONG THAT I KNEW - IV HOW I LABOURED TO MY SALVATION - V TELLETH HOW ALL MY TRAVAIL CAME TO NOUGHT - VI HOW I SUCCOURED ONE DON FEDERIGO, A GENTLEMAN OF SPAIN - VII I AM DETERMINED ON MY VENGEANCE, AND MY REASONS THEREFOR - VIII HOW THE DAYS OF MY WATCHING WERE ACCOMPLISHED - IX WE FALL AMONG PIRATES - X HOW I CAME ABOARD THE HAPPY DESPATCH AND OF MY SUFFERINGS THERE - XI HOW I FOUGHT IN THE DARK WITH ONE POMPEY, A GREAT BLACKAMOOR - XII OF BATTLE, MURDER AND RESOLUTION DAY, HIS POINT OF VIEW - XIII HOW WE FOUGHT AN ENGLISH SHIP - XIV TELLETH HOW THE FIGHT ENDED - XV HOW I FELL IN WITH MY FRIEND, CAPTAIN SIR ADAM PENFEATHER - XVI HOW I HAD WORD WITH MY LADY, JOAN BRANDON - XVII TELLETH THE OUTCOME OF MY PRIDEFUL FOLLY - XVIII OF ROGER TRESSADY AND HOW THE SILVER WOMAN CLAIMED HER OWN AT LAST - XIX HOW JOANNA CHANGED HER MIND - XX I GO TO SEEK MY VENGEANCE - XXI HOW I CAME TO NOMBRE DE DIOS - XXII HOW AT LAST I FOUND MY ENEMY, RICHARD BRANDON - XXIII HOW I FOUND MY SOUL - XXIV OF OUR ADVENTURE AT SEA - XXV WE ARE DRIVEN ASHORE - XXVI OUR DESPERATE SITUATION - XXVII WE COMMENCE OUR JOURNEY - XXVIII WE FALL IN WITH ONE ATLAMATZIN, AN INDIAN CHIEF - XXIX TELLETH SOMEWHAT OF A STRANGE CITY - XXX WE RESUME OUR JOURNEY - XXXI I MEET A MADMAN - XXXII HOW I FOUND MY BELOVED AT LAST - XXXIII OF DREAMS - XXXIV OF LOVE - XXXV OF THE COMING OF ADAM AND OF OUR GREAT JOY THEREIN - MARTIN CONISBY'S VENGEANCE - CHAPTER I - HOW MY SOLITUDE CAME TO AN END
CHAPTER II - MY TROUBLES BEGIN
CHAPTER III - HOW I HEARD A SONG THAT I KNEW
CHAPTER IV - HOW I LABOURED TO MY SALVATION
CHAPTER V - TELLETH HOW ALL MY TRAVAIL CAME TO NOUGHT
CHAPTER VI - HOW I SUCCOURED ONE DON FEDERIGO, A GENTLEMAN OF SPAIN
CHAPTER VII - I AM DETERMINED ON MY VENGEANCE, AND MY REASONS THEREFOR
CHAPTER VIII - HOW THE DAYS OF MY WATCHING WERE ACCOMPLISHED
CHAPTER IX - WE FALL AMONG PIRATES
CHAPTER X - HOW I CAME ABOARD THE HAPPY DESPATCH AND OF MY SUFFERINGS THERE
A solitary figure drifts on a wind‑scarred island, the endless surf and moonlit night his only companions. Haunted by a whispered name that drifts from memory—Martin, Joan, Damaris—he clings to a broken vow of vengeance against the man who stole his peace. In the silence he prays for retribution, yet the ache of lost love steadies a stubborn spark of hope.
When he uncovers a tattered gown, the relic of a vanished beloved, its faded fabric awakens a fierce determination to abandon the cave and the endless wait. He begins to chart a course beyond the reef, aware that the waters teem with pirates, foreign chiefs, and the promise of dangerous alliances. The first steps of his journey hint at a world where honor, betrayal, and the thirst for justice will shape the man he must become.
Language
en
Duration
~9 hours (533K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2006-02-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1878–1952
A master of romantic adventure, he helped shape the feel of Regency and Georgian historical fiction with lively swashbucklers, open-road journeys, and old-fashioned charm. Best known for novels like The Broad Highway and The Amateur Gentleman, he wrote stories that kept readers turning pages for decades.
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