The English Dane: A Life of Jorgen Jorgenson by Sarah Bakewell

The English Dane: A Life of Jorgen Jorgenson

Sarah Bakewell

324 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective fast-paced
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This gripping nineteenth-century adventure stars Jorgen Jorgenson, who ran away to sea at fourteen and began a brilliant career by sailing to establish the first colony in Tasmania. Twists of fortune then found him captaining a warship for Napoleo...

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