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The Splendid Spur
Arthur Quiller-Couch
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About this book
Events force a young man to act for the Royalist side in the English Civil War, bringing many adventures in consequence.
Inside the book
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- Titlepage
- Imprint
- Dedication
- The Splendid Spur
- I: The Bowling-Green of the Crown
- II: The Young Man in the Cloak of Amber Satin
- III: I Find Myself in a Tavern Brawl: And Barely Escape
- IV: I Take the Road
- V: My Adventure at the Three Cups
- VI: The Flight in the Pine Wood
- VII: I Find a Comrade
- VIII: I Lose the King’s Letter; and Am Carried to Bristol
- IX: I Break Out of Prison
- X: Captain Pottery and Captain Settle
- XI: I Ride Down Into Temple: And Am Well Treated There
- XII: How Joan Saved the Army of the West; and Saw the Fight on Braddock Down
- XIII: I Buy a Looking Glass at Bodmin Fair: And Meet with Mr. Hannibal Tingcomb
- XIV: I Do No Good in the House of Gleys
- XV: I Leave Joan and Ride to the Wars
- XVI: The Battle of Stamford Heath
- XVII: I Meet with a Happy Adventure by Burning of a Green Light
- XVIII: Joan Does Me Her Last Service
- XIX: The Adventure of the Hearse
- XX: The Adventure of the Ledge; and How I Shook Hands with My Comrade
- Colophon
- Uncopyright
Edition & source
This edition was prepared by Standard Ebooks. The original EPUB, typography, credits, imprint, colophon and copyright information are retained.
Edition contributors
- The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
- Arthur Quiller-Couch (aut, dto)
- John Middleton (art)
- Karl Hagen (trc)
- Juliet Sutherland (trc)
- Charles Franks (trc)
- Distributed Proofreaders (trc)
- David Reimer (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
- Alex Cabal (pfr)