The wing-and-wing, or, Le feu-follet
Subtitle: a tale
By: by J. Fenimore Cooper
Publisher: D. Appleton and Co.
Published: 1873
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 486
Subjects: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Fiction
Other titles: Feu-follet.; Wing and wing.
Description: The year is 1799. Admiral Caraccioli is about to be executed on Lord Nelson's flagship. Young and in love with Carracioli's daughter, the spirited French privateer Raoul Yvard and his wily American sailing master Ithuel Bolt harass the British fleet. Yvard is captured but cunningly escapes, setting up a showdown at sea.
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