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Author Davenport, Richard Alfred, 1777?-1852.

Title Perilous adventures : or remarkable instances of courage, perseverance, and suffering / by R. A. Davenport.

Imprint New York : A. L. Fowle, 1900.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections  808.82 C869, no.159    ---  Lib Use Only
Description 335 p. ; 16 cm.
Series Criterion library, no.159
Note Reprint of Harper stereotype ed. of 1844 (Family library, no. 159).
Contents Wanderings of Prince Charles Edward.--Escape of J. J. Casanova from the State-prison of Venice.--Attempt of Charles II. to recover the English crown; his defeat at Worcester; and his wanderings till his escape from England.--Escape of the Earl of Nithsdale.--Perils of Stanislaus Leczinski, King of Poland.--Expulsion of Cortez from Mexico, and his reconquest of that city.
Subject Adventure and adventurers.

 
    
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