Salute to Adventurers
Published in 1900, Salute to Adventurers is a historical fantasy and historical fiction novel by John Buchan. The story is set in Virginia and Glasgow, Scotland, in the Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775. Key subjects include scottish Americans and Scotland.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 12 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 191 editions. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 572 times in the last 30 days.
It runs to roughly 268 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace. It is in the public domain in the United States and free to read on Project Gutenberg.
About Salute to Adventurers
When I was a child in short-coats a spaewife came to the town-end, and for a silver groat paid by my mother she riddled my fate. It came to little, being no more than that I should miss love and fortune in the sunlight and find them in the rain. The woman was a haggard, black-faced gypsy, and when my mother asked for more she turned on her heel and spoke gibberish; for which she was presently driven out of the place by Tarn Roberton, the baillie, and the village dogs. But the thing stuck in my memory, and together with the fact that I was a Thursday's bairn, and so, according to the old rhyme, "had far to go," convinced me long ere I had come to man's estate that wanderings and surprises would be my portion. It is in the rain that this tale begins. I was just turned of eighteen, and in the back-end of a dripping September set out from our moorland house of Auchencairn to complete my course at Edinburgh College. The year was 1685, an ill year for our countryside; for the folk were at odds with the King's Government, about religion, and the land was full of covenants and repressions. Small wonder that I was backward with my colleging. . . .
Quick answers
Who wrote Salute to Adventurers?
Salute to Adventurers was written by John Buchan and first published in 1900.
What genre is Salute to Adventurers?
It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Adventure and Classic Fantasy.
How long is Salute to Adventurers?
The median edition has 268 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
Is Salute to Adventurers free to read?
Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.
What books are similar to Salute to Adventurers?
Readers who like it often enjoy A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, She and Drums of Autumn.
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