William Henry Giles Kingston

Sea Stories


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Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirat…

The Three Midshipmen


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This is the start of a series of four books following three friends through their career in the navy. Terence, Jack and Alick first meet at …

John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea


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This is the story of John Deane of Nottingham, a person who, according to the author, really existed. John Deane is born in 1679 to wealthy …

Stories of Animal Sagacity


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300+ short stories of how smart and savvy various individual animals have been seen to be, and in most cases a little moral is drawn from th…

The Three Lieutenants


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A few years have passed since the adventures of Terence, Jack, and Alick as midshipmen in the British Navy. They have each gone on their pat…

The Three Commanders


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Terence, Jack, and Alick met as boys at a boarding school, and later entered the Navy together. While sailing with different ships, their pa…

The Light of Stars


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William Henry Giles Kingston, often credited as W. H. G. Kingston, was an English writer of boys' adventure novels. He was a zealous volunte…