The Lively Lady (1931)

by Kenneth Lewis Roberts

Series: Chronicles of Arundel (2)

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Set during the War of 1812, The Lively Lady follows the fortunes of Richard Nason, an American seafarer captured by the British & sent to Dartmoor Prison. Roberts spins a spellbinding & historically accurate tale of the courage of American privateers & the sufferings of thousands of American seamen in the infamous Dartmoor Prison.… (more)

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Follows The Lively Lady's New England captain through his fighting in the War of 1812 and his subsequent imprisonment. Some people bestowed with power are responsible and kind while others are monsters. I'm a sucker for a sailor. (

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dandelionroots | Oct 11, 2011 |

Read in 2008 More of the historic account of the American Revolution by KR. By this time, the reader has fallen in love with the characters and admire their grit and belief in the Cause that the book is hard to put down. Phoebe is quite a lady. For anyone who enjoys reading American Historical Novels. Read it!

stonelea | May 3, 2009 |

Another tale of a young America, this time at war with their cousins, the English. A story of American Privateers in the War Of 1812, and the notorious Dartmoor Prison where many were imprisoned and some died. The protagonist is the son of the hero of the two books on the Revolutionary War, Steven Nason and he is cut from the same cloth as his father. (

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Chronicles of Arundel: Complete by Kenneth Roberts

The Lively Lady and Captain Caution by Kenneth Roberts

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1931-05-01

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Dartmoor Prison, Devon, England, UK

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War of 1812 (1812 | 1815)

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Our town of Arundel, at the mouth of the Arundel River in the Province of Maine, halfway between Portsmouth and Portland, is a small place; and those who live there think that nothing happens in it, ever.

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Set during the War of 1812, The Lively Lady follows the fortunes of Richard Nason, an American seafarer captured by the British & sent to Dartmoor Prison. Roberts spins a spellbinding & historically accurate tale of the courage of American privateers & the sufferings of thousands of American seamen in the infamous Dartmoor Prison.

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