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Author: William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880)
Added by: NicholasHodson
Added Date: 2007-11-30
Language: English
Subjects: Athelstane; Kingston; John; Deane; PDF; TXT; ZIP; HTML
Publishers: Athelstane e-Books, London, England, United Kingdom
Collections: folkscanomy fiction, folkscanomy, additional collections
Pages Count: 428
PPI Count: 72
PDF Count: 2
Total Size: 132.73 MB
PDF Size: 85.34 MB
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Rights: We used a Plustek OpticBook 3600 scanner to scan the pages. We then made a pdf which we used to assist with checking and editing the OCRed text. To make a text version we used ABBYY Finereader 8 to produce a first draft of the text, and Athelstane software to find misreads and improve the text. We proof-read the chapters, and then made a CD with the book read aloud by either Fonix ISpeak or TextAloud MP3. The last step enables us to hear and correct most of the errors that may have been missed by the other steps, as well as entertaining us during the work of transcription. The resulting text can be read either here at the Internet Archive or at www.athelstane.co.uk. This process represents a large investment of time and skill. You may freely download a copy for your own use. We do not in the least mind if anybody wishes to offer any of our work on another website, but would point out that they should state that the copyright is Athelstane's, rather than claiming it as their own. They should also state that, as we are constantly working to improve our texts, their readers should refer back to our version if they need to verify a text. Commercial use strictly forbidden.
Year: 1870
Contributor: Nick Hodson
License: Unknown License
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Description
According to the author in his preface, John Deane really existed and had an interesting and successful life in a variety of roles. He was born in 1679, of well-to-do parents, but started his working life as a drover, that is to say a person who drove great herds of cattle from the countryside to the great cities like London, for consumption there. He then joined the Navy and rose to become a ship's captain. After a spell as a Merchant Adventurer, he commanded a vessel in the Russian navy of Alexander the Great. Later he became British Consul at Ostend, on the coast of Belgium, quite close to south-east England. Finally he came back home to live in a village near Nottingham, receiving civic honours in that city. He died in 1760.
This book could therefore be called a historical novel, but written with the style and genius of Kingston it becomes far more than that. You will enjoy it.
