Holiday Romance

Holiday Romance bursts with comic bravado, turning childhood grievance into swashbuckling legend. Captain Boldheart, absurdly precocious and fiercely proud, abandons school, takes to the sea with a pocket-pistol and sandwiches, and commands the schooner The Beauty with theatrical discipline, singing his pirate anthem and inspiring terror, admiration, and laughter in equal measure. His adventures grow ever more outrageous: whale-hunting triumphs, captured treasure ships, a mutiny crushed by charm and menace, and a spectacular sea battle against his hated Latin-grammar master. Along the way he rescues the doomed, humiliates enemies with poetic inventiveness, reunites with his long-lost family, and conquers the woman he loves when her relatives refuse the match. A threatened bombardment, a clever interception at Margate, and a melodramatic carrying-off secure his victory, while bells, flags, and official honors seal the romance. In the end, the ship is refitted, gifts are distributed, and Boldheart sails away with his bride toward a life of extravagant, mock-heroic adventure. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.