{"product_id":"2940000755426","title":"Will Weatherhelm, The Yarn of an Old Sailor","description":"The action takes place at the end of the eighteenth century, and ends at the Battle of Trafalgar.  Will's family originate from  Shetland, a group of islands to the north of mainland Britain.  Kingston mistakenly believes that they speak Erse on Shetland, which is not the  case: Erse is spoken in Ireland, being similar to the Gaelic spoken in parts of Scotland. The story moves along well, and is well-written. The most outstanding part of the story is the number of times the hero is in a ship-wreck of one kind or another, so much so that it is muttered that he must be some kind of Jonah--an opportunity used by the author to put the  religious view of such a string of coincidences. According to Wikipedia: \"William Henry Giles Kingston (28 February 1814 - 5 August 1880), writer of tales for boys, was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant. His first book, The Circassian Chief, appeared in 1844. His first book for boys, Peter the Whaler, was published in 1851, and had such success that he retired from business and devoted himself entirely to the production of this kind of literature, in which his popularity was deservedly great; and during 30 years he wrote upwards of 130 tales, including The Three Midshipmen (1862), The Three Lieutenants (1874), The Three Commanders (1875), The Three Admirals (1877), Digby Heathcote, etc. He also conducted various papers, including The Colonist, and Colonial Magazine and East India Review. He was also interested in emigration, volunteering, and various philanthropic schemes. For services in negotiating a commercial treaty with Portugal he received a Portuguese knighthood, and for his literary laboursa Government pension.\"  ","brand":"B\u0026R Samizdat Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165655580912,"sku":"2940000755426","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940000755426_p0.jpg?v=1763545428","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000755426","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}