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Publisher’s Note.
ILLUSTRATIONS
The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician
INTRODUCTION
The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phœnician
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
A restless Phoenician trader named Phra sets sail from his sun‑kissed homeland, driven by an insatiable love of adventure and a hunger for the legendary tin islands of the far north. His first voyage takes him to a misty British shore before the Romans arrive, where he becomes entwined with a druidic community and a mysterious wife whose fate will echo through his many lives. Along the way, Phra muses on the nature of the soul, seeing each encounter as a thread that links the material world to something far larger.
What makes Phra’s tale singular is the promise that his spirit will not end with a single death. As the narrative moves forward, listeners are invited to follow his consciousness through successive rebirths—first as a Roman centurion’s confidant, then as a medieval mercenary, and later as a sailor in a distant empire—each life retaining the core passions that defined him. The story weaves together history, myth, and a quiet philosophical thread, offering a panoramic view of ancient cultures while asking timeless questions about identity and destiny.
Language
en
Duration
~14 hours (819K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917.
Credits
Tim Lindell, SF2001, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Release date
2022-02-06
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1857–1935
An English writer remembered for adventure tales that drift between fantasy, reincarnation, and early science fiction, he is best known for a Mars novel that helped point the way toward planetary romance. His work has a curious, imaginative energy that still feels strikingly ahead of its time.
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