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Set in 1699 and framed around the Jacobite (supporters of the overthrown king, James II) conspiracies of the time, Lieutenant Cornelius Vanslyperken is the greedy and treacherous commander of a small vessel that hunts for smugglers in the English Channel. Snarleyyow is his indestructible dog.

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Snarleyyow or the Dog Fiend

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      Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780935526646, 978-0935526646
      ISBN10: 0935526641

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Set in 1699 and framed around the Jacobite (supporters of the overthrown king, James II) conspiracies of the time, Lieutenant Cornelius Vanslyperken is the greedy and treacherous commander of a small vessel that hunts for smugglers in the English Channel. Snarleyyow is his indestructible dog.

      Trade Review
      "Perhaps the most remarkable instance of a man working his professional knowledge with effect in literature." --G. E. B. Saintsbury
      "In a purely literary sense [his] real masterpiece." -- The Oxford Companion

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