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Adventure & the Sea

Wide horizons and long odds.

The ship that does not come back, the map with a cross on it, the man who walks out of a comfortable life and into weather. Adventure was the nineteenth century’s most popular literature and remains its most underrated — these books move because their authors knew exactly how much to withhold.

What belongs on this shelf, and what does not

The volumes 61–120 of 148
The catalog
  1. I The Lady of Blossholme H. Rider Haggard
  2. II The King's Highway G. P. R. James
  3. III Andreas Hofer Luise Mühlbach
  4. IV Frederick the Great and His Family Luise Mühlbach
  5. V Love-at-Arms Rafael Sabatini
  6. VI Henry VIII and His Court Luise Mühlbach
  7. VII Mohammed Ali and His House Luise Mühlbach
  8. VIII The Puppet Crown Harold MacGrath
  9. IX The Virgin of the Sun H. Rider Haggard
  10. X The Wanderer's Necklace H. Rider Haggard
  11. XI Red Eve H. Rider Haggard
  12. XII The Wood Beyond the World William Morris
  13. XIII The Tavern Knight Rafael Sabatini
  14. XIV A Cumberland Vendetta John Fox, Jr.
  15. XV The Wizard H. Rider Haggard
  16. XVI Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth
  17. XVII Moon of Israel H. Rider Haggard
  18. XVIII Elissa H. Rider Haggard
  19. XIX Quo Vadis Henryk Sienkiewicz
  20. XX The Ivory Child H. Rider Haggard
  21. XXI The Two Captains Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
  22. XXII The Elusive Pimpernel Baroness Orczy
  23. XXIII The Trampling of the Lilies Rafael Sabatini
  24. XXIV Cleopatra H. Rider Haggard
  25. XXV Benita, an African Romance H. Rider Haggard
  26. XXVI Allan's Wife H. Rider Haggard
  27. XXVII The Man in the Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas
  28. XXVIII Morning Star H. Rider Haggard
  29. XXIX Eric Brighteyes H. Rider Haggard
  30. XXX Maiwa's Revenge H. Rider Haggard
  31. XXXI Louise de la Vallière Alexandre Dumas
  32. XXXII The Lion's Skin Rafael Sabatini
  33. XXXIII The Snare Rafael Sabatini
  34. XXXIV The Story of the Glittering Plain William Morris
  35. XXXV Lost Face Jack London
  36. XXXVI Black Bartlemy's Treasure Jeffery Farnol
  37. XXXVII Bardelys the Magnificent Rafael Sabatini
  38. XXXVIII The Daughter of an Empress Luise Mühlbach
  39. XXXIX Wildfire Zane Grey
  40. XL The House of the Wolf Stanley John Weyman
  41. XLI Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini
  42. XLII Scaramouche Rafael Sabatini
  43. XLIII A Gentleman of France Stanley John Weyman
  44. XLIV Under the Red Robe Stanley John Weyman
  45. XLV Typee Herman Melville
  46. XLVI 1492 Mary Johnston
  47. XLVII The Golden Asse Apuleius
  48. XLVIII The Adventures of Gerard Arthur Conan Doyle
  49. XLIX The Last Days of Pompeii Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  50. L The Black Dwarf Walter Scott
  51. LI The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade
  52. LII Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  53. LIII Ten Years Later Alexandre Dumas
  54. LIV Nada the Lily H. Rider Haggard
  55. LV Anabasis Xenophon
  56. LVI Rupert of Hentzau Anthony Hope
  57. LVII Green Mansions W. H. Hudson
  58. LVIII Chita Lafcadio Hearn
  59. LIX Jean of the Lazy A B. M. Bower
  60. LX The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe