num_pages: 360
description: Large Format for easy reading. Conrad lived an adventurous life, becoming involved in gunrunning and political conspiracy. The Rescue is one of his last novels. A story of piracy, pursuit, romance and tragedy, it follows the mislaid plans of British adventurer Captain Tom Lingard. Conrad is best known for his novella Heart of Darkness (1899), about a group of men travelling up the river Congo in Africa.
language: English
title: The Rescue
titlecomplete: The Rescue
characters: Tom Lingard
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, English Literature, British Literature, Classic Literature, Romance, Literature, Adventure, Novels
ratings_count: 334
series: Lingard Trilogy
publisher: Dodo Pr