The Black Rocks of Morwenstow

Name: The Black Rocks of Morwenstow
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: John Wilcox
ISBN: 9781785027260

Author: John Wilcox

Narrator: Peter Noble

Unabridged: 9 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Magna Story Sound

Published: 11/01/2017

Categories: Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

The year is 1832 and great change and reform are sweeping England, but 23-year-old Joshua Weyland is languishing in Key West, USA. He was third mate on the schooner Jessica, which had run aground in suspicious circumstances and the skipper has been arrested on charges of deliberately wrecking his ship. Josh is desperate to get back to England to marry his fiancé, so he ships as second mate on a small brig bound for Bristol. But when the ship founders on rocks off the coast of Cornwall, it's clear it's been deliberately wrecked, and it's just a question of time before they seize the cargo - can Joshua stop them?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens on May 17, 2019

This standalone book by the author John Wilcox has been a light and satisfactory read to me. In the Author's Note you'll notice that the book is mostly a work of fiction with the example being the life character of the Reverend Hawker. Storytelling is of a very good quality, the storyline is well set......more

Goodreads review by Pauline on March 06, 2019

An ok historical novel set in rugged cornwall about piracy......more

Goodreads review by Peter on January 04, 2023

Enjoyable light read - a stand-alone by this author. Sometimes a bit ‘fortuitous’ when our hero escapes from crises.......more

Goodreads review by Vir on April 29, 2019

I liked the description of the Cornish landscape and found it akin to the actual geography of the region . The story though a bit simplistic was entertaining.Overall a light read .......more

Goodreads review by Jo on November 23, 2016

Joshua is a sailor who has been travelling the world for two years. Whilst in Florida he decides it's time to return to England and the fiancee who's been waiting for him for two years. As his ship approaches the Cornish coast, the weather and bad piloting by the captain means that the vessel is das......more