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Rated 4 starsPonderous, Powerful, Prescient and definitely worth a read.
Conrad is one of those authors whose books I read years apart in order to make his oeuvre last the course of my lifetime, and because they are emotionally disturbing. This book is one that I would put in the same category as his book titled 'The Rover.' Although the themes of the two books are dissimilar, they pull upon the same heartstrings in their treatment of love, loyalty and duty. 'The Rescue' expands these themes beyond...
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Rated 5 starsConrad - What more needs to be said.
As an avid Conrad fan, I found it refreshing to come across a book which I didn't know existed. Not his best work, but well worth reading because Conrad always comes through with descriptive scenery, and interesting character interaction. KLM
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Rated 4 starsLingards Dilemna
The familiar Conrad hero Captain Tom Lingard(Outcast of the Islands) comes to the rescue of an English pleasure yacht that has foundered in the shallows just as war is about to break out between Malay tribes. Tom has war supplies including gunpowder stored in his own boat that has been turned into a fort and Tom's decisions will greatly effect the outcome of the war. Meanwhile though there is the English problem which Tom...
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Rated 5 starsPicture of piracy in early years of 19th. cent.
Author writes about true piracy in Caribbean ca. 19th cent. Conrad writes with historical and experiential knowledge.
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