Richard Carvel by Winston Churchill, book cover

Richard Carvel

First published
1899
Pages
510

About this book

Told as the memoirs of an eighteenth-century Maryland gentleman, this historical romance carries young Richard Carvel from colonial plantation life into the storms of the American Revolution. Orphaned and raised by his grandfather, Richard survives family treachery and a kidnapping by pirates, then finds himself in London amid the glitter and corruption of Georgian high society before returning to fight for the American cause. The naval hero John Paul Jones strides through its pages, and the action moves from ballrooms to the deck of a warship. Winston Churchill, the American novelist of that name, published it in 1899, and it sold in the millions. This free PDF and EPUB edition offers the full text for readers new to the book or returning to it.

About the author

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) is remembered as Britain's wartime prime minister, but he was also a soldier, journalist, historian, and prolific author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. Savrola, written in his twenties, was his only novel among a vast body of nonfiction.

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Book facts

First published
1899
Reading time
About 14 hours
Pages
510
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online