“Dover Harbour” is the story of England from 1789 to 1809, from the outbreak of the French Revolution through the years when bereft of one ally after another, she faced the despot Napoleon alone; until in the beginning of 1809 there comes the first gleam of that success which is to carry in triumph the British flag from the Tagus to the Garonne, and which is the prelude to the release of the subjugated peoples of Europe. The action of the novel centres round two men, a shipowner and a banker, as to whether Dover should decay into a commercial backwater or grow into a great port, the Key to the Kingdom.
Mr. Armstrong has not only put together an entrancing story, but with his knowledge and feeling for the sea and ships, has produced that atmosphere of utter reality which also saturated his tale of the wool trade in Yorkshire, “The Crowthers of Bankdam.”
Genre: Historical
Mr. Armstrong has not only put together an entrancing story, but with his knowledge and feeling for the sea and ships, has produced that atmosphere of utter reality which also saturated his tale of the wool trade in Yorkshire, “The Crowthers of Bankdam.”
Genre: Historical
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