Spice Island Tales
By Netty Allen
Historical Childrens Fiction set in and aorund Portsmouth during the Napoleonic war
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 9 - Spook Lane Part 2
The tale of Smugglers and ghosts continues
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A shot in the dark
Northney 1800 Jack and Delphine go on the run
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A smuggler's life
Jack meets a french girl and falls in love with her over a bowl of soup.
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Aboard HMS Valiant
Jack almost meets his father, but an expected tragedy intervenes.
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At the sign of the Red Lion
“Women are such strange, unfathomable creatures.” Albert thought to himself as he climbed the stairs. “So unpredictable, I never know what they are going to say or do next.”
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Chapter 10 - Bathsheba
Jack and Delphine strike a bargain with Bathsheba the Gypsy
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Chapter 11 – The New Moon at the Half Moon
Delphine comes clean - quite literally
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 2 - A press gang and a pie
Jack is trapped by a press gang. But is saved by a pie.
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 2 Part 2 - A Game of Chance
A boys future hangs on the roll of a dice.
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 3 - Island Exile
A new life on an island
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 4 - Island Life
Jack arrives at his new home on the island.
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News from France
Jack gets some visitors and some surprising news.
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 4 (Continued) - John's proposal
“ There’s a question I’ve been meaning to ask you.”
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 5 - Georges
Wounded and alone, Georges finally comes home.
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Of Maggots and Men
Holding her breath and praying she did not vomit she carefully wiped the pus away, applied another coating of the honey poultice and sealed the maggots into their sticky tomb with a fresh bandage.
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French soup
“Pwoissons is French for fish.”
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The Guinea Thief- Chapter 6 - Delphine
July 1800: Delphine arrives in England with a slight change as suggest by celticman and tcook.
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 7 - The Red Lion gets a new Girl
Delphine gets a job
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 8 - Rosie and John Get Married
it does what it says on the tin.............
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 9 - Spook Lane - Part One
A tale of smugglers and ghosts
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 9 - Delphine in Disguise
Delphine meets her match
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 10 Between the devil and the deep grey sea
Chapter 10 of Jack and Delphine's story
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 1 - Of Brandy and Bretons
The reworked opening chapter of Jack and Delphine's story.
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 11 part 2 The New Moon at the Half Moon
Delphine and Jack discover what happened after they fled the beach
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 14 Trial and Tribulation (Part One)
I have jumped a bit forward here, apologies for those who might be following the story. The gaps will be filled in soon.
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 14 Trial and Tribulation (Part Two)
As Robert's life hangs in the balance, the prosecution completes it's case.....
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 12 The road to London
Jack kept a close eye on the road through the window of the Half Moon to ensure they didn’t miss the stage.
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The Guinea Thief - London
Chapter 12 continued - Delphine catches up with Georges
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 13 - the merciless
Jack and Delphine visit Robert on the prison hulk
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 13 cont...
Delphine meets Robert's lawyer for the first time
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 15 - Crime and Punishment
(Apologies to Dostoevsky) The Honourable Justice Johnson dishes out his unique brand of justice
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 16 - The Long Way Home
Honourable Justice Johnson passes sentence on Jack
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The Guinea Thief - Chapter 17 - The Hulk
Jack's new life on a prison hulk
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The Guinea Thief - Final Chapter
The End........!
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Uncharted Lands
Jack is on board the Perseus, a convict ship bound for Australia, and Delphine is the girl he has left behind.
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