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The Rover is the last complete novel by Joseph Conrad, written between 1921 and 1922. It was first published in 1923, and adapted into the 1967 film of the same namePlot summaryThe story takes place in the south of France, against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Napoleon's... Read Full Overview

Peyrol is a Master-Gunner French Republican Navy and a pirate. He longs to escape his violent life and settle down on a farm far away from the ocean and the violence he has known all his life. This struggle for freedom and peace plays out against the backdrop of the French... Read Full Overview

Peyrol is a Master-Gunner French Republican Navy and a pirate. He longs to escape his violent life and settle down on a farm far away from the ocean and the violence he has known all his life. This struggle for freedom and peace plays out against the backdrop of the French... Read Full Overview

The Rover is a novel by Joseph Conrad is a Historical fiction book. Set during the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, The Rover tells the story of Peyrol, a seasoned sailor and privateer who seeks refuge in a secluded farmhouse near Toulon, France. After a life of tumultuous... Read Full Overview

A nautical psychological thriller from one of literature's giants, "The Rover" is the story of a French pirate from the Indian seas during the opening days of the Napoleonic wars.

Despu s de entrar, al amanecer, en la d rsena interior del puerto de Tol n, y una vez que intercambi a voz en grito unos saludos con uno de los botes de ronda de la flota, que le dirigi hasta el punto de anclaje, el artillero mayor Peyrol larg el ancla del arruinado buque... Read Full Overview

As the Revolution rages in France, a seafarer named Peyrol, a master-gunner in the French republican navy, pirate, and for nearly fifty years "rover of the outer seas," comes to the end of a lifetime lived on the seas and seeks refuge in a remote farmhouse on the French Riviera... Read Full Overview

The Rover is the last complete novel by Joseph Conrad, written between 1921 and 1922. It was first published in 1923, and adapted into the 1967 film of the same name. The story takes place in the south of France, against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Napoleon's rise... Read Full Overview