The Road to Samarcand: An Adventure
The Road to Samarcand: An Adventure

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2008-12-17

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0393333167

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Setting out with his rough seafaring uncle and an elderly archaeologist cousin after the deaths of his missionary parents, 1930s American teen Derrick joins a culturally lavish search for a cache of priceless Asian jade.

The Golden Ocean
The Golden Ocean

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1956

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780393036305

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Commodore (late Admiral) Anson's fatefaul circumnavigation of the globe in 1740, wherein Anson and his men encounter disaster, disease, and astonishing success, is the ground to The Golden Ocean. Here ia a tale certain to please not only admirers of O'Brian's work but also any reader with an adventurous soul.

The Wayward Girls of Samarcand
The Wayward Girls of Samarcand

Author: Melton Alonza McLaurin

Publisher:

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780615637242

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The Wayward Girls of Samarcand is the true story of the sensational 1931 Arson Trial in North Carolina. Sixteen poor white teenage girls faced the death penalty for burning down two dormitories at the State Reform School for Girls. Crusading journalist, socialite, and attorney Nell Battle Lewis defended her clients by exposing sadistic treatment, deplorable conditions, and forced sterilization presided over by Samarcand superintendent Agnes B. MacNaughton. In this her first and last trial, Lewis saved the defendants from the electric chair.

The Road to Samarcand: An Adventure
The Road to Samarcand: An Adventure

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2008-12-17

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0393245144

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O'Brian's richly told adventure saga, with its muscular prose, supple dialogue and engaging characters, packs a nice old-school punch." --Publishers Weekly This story begins where Patrick O'Brian's devoted fans would want it to, with a sloop in the South China Sea barely surviving a killer typhoon. The time is the 1930s and the protagonist a teenaged American boy whose missionary parents have just died. In the company of his rough seafaring uncle and an elderly English cousin, an eminent archaeologist, Derrick sets off in search of ancient treasures in central Asia. Along the way they encounter a charismatic Chinese bandit and a host of bad characters, including Russian agents fomenting unrest. The narrative touches on surprising subjects: astronomy, oriental philosophy, the correct identification of ancient Han bronzes, and some very local cuisine. It ends in an ice-bound valley, with the party caught between hostile Red-Hat monks and the Great Silent Ones, the Tibetan designation for the yeti.