2005, ISBN: 0701173408

[EAN: 9780701173401], Near Fine, [PU: Chatto & Windus, London], HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY, 19TH CENTURY, JORGEN JÜRGENSEN, ENGLAND, HISTORY, SPIES, SPY, GREAT BRITAIN, ICELANDIC, DANISH, DENMA… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780701173401], Near Fine, [PU: Chatto & Windus, London], HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY, 19TH CENTURY, JORGEN JÜRGENSEN, ENGLAND, HISTORY, SPIES, SPY, GREAT BRITAIN, ICELANDIC, DANISH, DENMARK, CONVICT, TASMANIAN, AUSTRALIA, PRISONER, AGE OF REVOLUTION, ACTION 2 MARCH 1808, GUNBOAT WAR, NORTH SEA, MARINER, PRIVATEERING, PRIVATEER, EXPLORER, EXPLORATION, PROTECTOR ICELAND, PIRACY, SAILOR, PIRATE, CRIMINAL, NAPOLEONIC WARS PRISONERS POW, ROYAL DANO-NORWEGIAN NAVY, IMPRISONED FOR DEBT, SENTENCED TO DEATH, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY, ABORIGINAL, ABORIGINES, BASS STRAIT, COLONIAL, COLONISTS, COLONIALISM, FLINDERS ISLAND, HOBART TOWN, HMS LADY NELSON, NAPOLEON, NHM BANKS, REYKJAVIK, SETTLERS, SULLIVANS COVE, TAHITI, TAHITIANS, COUNT FREDERIK TRAMPE, WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, THOMAS ANSTEY, SIR GEORGE ARTHUR, JOSEPH PRISONSHIP, BAHAMA, ADMIRAL JUUL, BRITISH GOVERNMENT, EDWARD CURR, HAFNARFJÖRDUR, ISLEIFUR EINARSSON, CAPTAIN JOHN LISTON, MAGNUS STEPHENSEN, MARGARET & ANNE, MIDLANDS, FRANCIS NOTT CONVENTION 1809, OATLANDS, SAMUEL PHELPS, ROSS, JAMES SAVIGNAC,, History|Europe|Scandinavia, Biography & Autobiography|Military, History|Military|Naval, History|Modern|19th Century, Biography & Autobiography|Historical, History|Europe|Great Britain|Queen Anne, Georgian, Victorian (1701-1901)|General, Biography & Autobiography|Adventurers & Explorers, History|Australia & New Zealand|General, Jacket, Hardcover, xii + 324pp + 8 pages of glossy b&w plates, bibliography, index, NOT ex-library. Gentle age-toning to outer page edges. Else a clean and bright copy in a likewise dust jacket. Unmarked text, free of stamps and inscriptions, with firm secure binding. Dust jacket is untorn, unclipped, and shows a touch of mild creasing to edges; price concealed on front flap. -- "A story of empire and adventure from Iceland to Tasmania." -- Jorgen Jorgenson was a Dane who made Britain his adopted country, and became caught up in its story at opposite ends of the earth. The son of a Copenhagen clockmaker, inspired by his hero Captain Cook, he came to London. Here he became a sailor and at twenty-three was among the small party sent to establish a new colony - Tasmania. Twists of fortune found him captaining a ship for Napoleon against Britain: captured, his life was under threat. He escaped execution, but next a pile of London gambling debts drove him to sail with British traders to Iceland. Now comes his long-dreamed of moment of glory. When Danish officials in Iceland bar their trade, Jorgensen and his fellows (including the young botanist William Jackson Hooker) simply stage a coup. For seven summer months Jorgensen rules Iceland, proclaiming it free from Danish rule, its ancient rights restored and 'at peace with all the nations of the world'. A British warship arrives, and his rule is at an end, but on the voyage home, Jorgen is a hero once more, saving them all from a fire at sea. He was not yet thirty. Much lay ahead, from imprisonment in the hulks, patronage by the British establishment, and travels in Europe as a British spy. But Jorgensen was dogged by his own excesses, and spiralled downwards to prison again, until he was transported as a convict to Tasmania, the colony he helped to found. Here his second life began. He became a mighty explorer, cutting through the bush across icy mountains and flooded rivers. Despite his sympathy for the people, he was caught up in the 'Black Line' and the terrible Aboriginal clearances - movingly described here. Finally he won freedom and status and fame, before drink and a violent marriage dragged him down again. It's a great story - all the ripping yarns you need rolled into one, and a real eye-opener about the workings of power at the birth of the British empire., Books<

2005, ISBN: 9780701173401

London: Chatto & Windus, 2005. 324pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills, maps. Or grey boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket, even toning to page edges, small indentation… Mehr…

London: Chatto & Windus, 2005. 324pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills, maps. Or grey boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket, even toning to page edges, small indentation to front Jorgenson was a Dane who made Britain his home. At 23 he was among a small party that established a new colony in Tasmania. He captained a ship for Britain against France; staged a coup in Iceland where he ruled for 2 months; was imprisoned in the hulks, travelled as a British spy in Europe and was under the patronage of Joseph Banks. Eventuallyhe was transported to Tasmania-the very colony he helped found- as a convict and became an explorer. Despite his sympathy for the people he was caught up in the Aboriginal clearances,movingly described here.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., Chatto & Windus, 2005, 3<

2005, ISBN: 0701173408

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[EAN: 9780701173401], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 4.65], [PU: Chatto & Windus], Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Neat dedication on the opening page. Signed by Author(Unverified), Books<

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