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John Rous : A Queen Anne Story in an Australian Setting, Showing in Simple Words the Passage of a Not Uneventful Life Animated Throughout by an Inborn and Unconquerable Love of the Sea and a Most Ardent Patriotism
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1918...
1918
John Rous : A Queen Anne Story in an Australian Setting, Showing in Simple Words the Passage of a Not Uneventful Life Animated Throughout by an Inborn and Unconquerable Love of the Sea and a Most Ardent Patriotism
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'Naval history is featured in John Rous, 1918, described as a 'Queen Anne story in an Australian setting'. Several historical characters are introduced, such as Defoe, Addison, Steele, Cloudesley Shovel and others. There is even a reference to the inevitable Edmund Curll, the bookseller who came into conflict with Pope and his circle'. - Miller.
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Dedication: To Agnes Embling
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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George Gordon McCrae
1923
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 April vol. 44 no. 2254 1923; (p. 3) -
Fiction
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 18 January 1919; (p. 3)
— Review of The Year Between 1918 single work novel ; St. Tom and the Dragon 1918 single work novel ; John Rous : A Queen Anne Story in an Australian Setting, Showing in Simple Words the Passage of a Not Uneventful Life Animated Throughout by an Inborn and Unconquerable Love of the Sea and a Most Ardent Patriotism 1918 single work novel -
George Gordon McCrae
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 January vol. 40 no. 2033 1919; (p. 2)
— Review of John Rous : A Queen Anne Story in an Australian Setting, Showing in Simple Words the Passage of a Not Uneventful Life Animated Throughout by an Inborn and Unconquerable Love of the Sea and a Most Ardent Patriotism 1918 single work novel
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Fiction
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 18 January 1919; (p. 3)
— Review of The Year Between 1918 single work novel ; St. Tom and the Dragon 1918 single work novel ; John Rous : A Queen Anne Story in an Australian Setting, Showing in Simple Words the Passage of a Not Uneventful Life Animated Throughout by an Inborn and Unconquerable Love of the Sea and a Most Ardent Patriotism 1918 single work novel -
George Gordon McCrae
1919
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 January vol. 40 no. 2033 1919; (p. 2)
— Review of John Rous : A Queen Anne Story in an Australian Setting, Showing in Simple Words the Passage of a Not Uneventful Life Animated Throughout by an Inborn and Unconquerable Love of the Sea and a Most Ardent Patriotism 1918 single work novel -
George Gordon McCrae
1923
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 26 April vol. 44 no. 2254 1923; (p. 3)
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