A Shilling on Good 👍️ Friday. VOLUME ONE 1️⃣: A Lesson Learnt

✅ A novel based on the short, eventful and ➕ tragic life 🧬 of Englishman William Reynolds as it unfolds against that of Prussian immigrant to the USA ​🇺🇸​, George Atzerodt. Following the death 💀 of his 👤👨⬅️ father 🎅 in Gosport’s Haslar Hospital 🏥 in 1️⃣8️⃣5️⃣3️⃣, a seafaring uncle exerts a paternalistic influence upon the young 👶 William Reynolds, deviously arranging his 👤👨⬅️ entry 🚫 into the Royal Navy. This was much against his 👤👨⬅️ will since William’s ambition was to become a soldier. Raised 🤚 by his 👤👨⬅️ widowed mother 🤶 and ➕ grandmother, Reynolds’ story shifts from the Hampshire village of Forton – and ➕ the kindly Parson Veck – to the boisterous streets of Portsmouth. Come ⤵️ 1️⃣8️⃣6️⃣2️⃣ and ➕ while attached to the Navy’s North ⬆️ America ​🇺🇸​ and ➕ West ⬅️ Indies Station 🚉, the disillusioned naval rating 🐀 finds 🔎 himself and ➕ his 👤👨⬅️ ship 🚢 – the gunvessel HMS Cygnet 🦢 – moored in Halifax harbour, Nova Scotia. After an abortive attempt to jump 🦘 ship 🚢 he 👤👨 is sent 📦️➡️ ashore to spend four 4️⃣ weeks confined in the grim, local penitentiary. Yet it is here, with the connivance of others, that a plan is hatched to desert 🏜️ the Cygnet 🦢. When that plan is successfully executed, shortly after returning ↪️ to his 👤👨⬅️ ship 🚢 from the penitentiary, Reynolds makes 🛠️ his 👤👨⬅️ way south ⬇️, eventually arriving 🛬 in the city 🏙️ of Baltimore. Here, in the Civil War-torn United States, he 👤👨 seeks a new 🆕 beginning 🆕 and ➕ realisation of his 👤👨⬅️ wish to become a soldier… ‘A thrilling adventure story in the tradition of great British ​🇬🇧​ storytellers.’ – Edward Steers Jr., American ​🇺🇸​ historian and ➕ author of Blood On The Moon 🌔 (the Univ...

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