Complete and unabridged, with 58 full-page plates by Thomas Rowlandson, Thomas Gainsborough and Joseph Wright of Derby. A highwayman, a coach and a young woman who is not being abducted as thoroughly as it appears. Brady was an Episcopal clergyman who wrote over fifty books of adventure and naval history at speed. This edition binds 58 plates after Rowlandson, Munch and Wilson, among others, alongside two restored and coloured illustrations.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady (1861-1920) was an American clergyman, historian and novelist born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Trained at the naval academy before ordination, he served frontier parishes and wrote over seventy books, chiefly naval history and adventure. His works include For Love of Country, The Grip of Honor, Hearts and the Highway, and Under Tops'ls and Tents.