{"product_id":"2940015872521","title":"The Sea Hawk","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSIR OLIVER TRESSILIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I.  THE HUCKSTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II.  ROSAMUND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III.  THE FORGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV.  THE INTERVENER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V.  THE BUCKLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI.  JASPER LEIGH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII.  TREPANNED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII.  THE SPANIARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAKR-EL-BAHR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I.  THE CAPTIVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   II.  THE RENEGADE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  III.  HOMEWARD BOUND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IV.  THE RAID\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    V.  THE LION OF THE FAITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VI.  THE CONVERT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VII.  MARZAK-BEN-ASAD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VIII.  MOTHER AND SON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   IX.  COMPETITORS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    X.  THE SLAVE-MARKET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XI.  THE TRUTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XII.  THE SUBTLETY OF FENZILEH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XIII.  IN THE SIGHT OF ALLAH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIV.  THE SIGN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XV.  THE VOYAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVI.  THE PANNIER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVII.  THE DUPE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. SHEIK MAT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIX.  THE MUTINEERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XX.  THE MESSENGER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXI.  MORITURUS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXII.  THE SURRENDER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIII. THE HEATHEN CREED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXIV.  THE JUDGES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXV.  THE ADVOCATE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXVI.  THE JUDGMENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I. SIR OLIVER TRESSILIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. THE HUCKSTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Oliver Tressilian sat at his ease in the lofty dining-room of the\u003cbr\u003ehandsome house of Penarrow, which he owed to the enterprise of his\u003cbr\u003efather of lamented and lamentable memory and to the skill and invention\u003cbr\u003eof an Italian engineer named Bagnolo who had come to England half a\u003cbr\u003ecentury ago as one of the assistants of the famous Torrigiani.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis house of such a startlingly singular and Italianate grace for so\u003cbr\u003eremote a corner of Cornwall deserves, together with the story of its\u003cbr\u003econstruction, a word in passing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Italian Bagnolo who combined with his salient artistic talents a\u003cbr\u003equarrelsome, volcanic humour had the mischance to kill a man in a brawl\u003cbr\u003ein a Southwark tavern. As a result he fled the town, nor paused in his\u003cbr\u003eheadlong flight from the consequences of that murderous deed until he\u003cbr\u003ehad all but reached the very ends of England. Under what circumstances\u003cbr\u003ehe became acquainted with Tressilian the elder I do not know. But\u003cbr\u003ecertain it is that the meeting was a very timely one for both of them.\u003cbr\u003eTo the fugitive, Ralph Tressilian--who appears to have been inveterately\u003cbr\u003epartial to the company of rascals of all denominations--afforded\u003cbr\u003eshelter; and Bagnolo repaid the service by offering to rebuild the\u003cbr\u003edecaying half-timbered house of Penarrow. Having taken the task in\u003cbr\u003ehand he went about it with all the enthusiasm of your true artist, and\u003cbr\u003eachieved for his protector a residence that was a marvel of grace\u003cbr\u003ein that crude age and outlandish district. There arose under the\u003cbr\u003esupervision of the gifted engineer, worthy associate of Messer\u003cbr\u003eTorrigiani, a noble two-storied mansion of mellow red brick, flooded\u003cbr\u003ewith light and sunshine by the enormously tall mullioned windows that\u003cbr\u003erose almost from base to summit of each pilastered facade. The main\u003cbr\u003edoorway was set in a projecting wing and was overhung by a massive\u003cbr\u003ebalcony, the whole surmounted by a pillared pediment of extraordinary\u003cbr\u003egrace, now partly clad in a green mantle of creepers. Above the burnt\u003cbr\u003ered tiles of the roof soared massive twisted chimneys in lofty majesty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the glory of Penarrow--that is, of the new Penarrow begotten of the\u003cbr\u003efertile brain of Bagnolo--was the garden fashioned out of the tangled\u003cbr\u003ewilderness about the old house that had crowned the heights above\u003cbr\u003ePenarrow point. To the labours of Bagnolo, Time and Nature had added\u003cbr\u003etheir own. Bagnolo had cut those handsome esplanades, had built\u003cbr\u003ethose noble balustrades bordering the three terraces with their fine\u003cbr\u003econnecting flights of steps; himself he had planned the fountain, and\u003cbr\u003ewith his own hands had carved the granite faun presiding over it and the\u003cbr\u003edozen other statues of nymphs and sylvan gods in a marble that gleamed\u003cbr\u003ein white brilliance amid the dusky green. But Time and Nature had\u003cbr\u003esmoothed the lawns to a velvet surface, had thickened the handsome\u003cbr\u003eboxwood hedges, and thrust up those black spear-like poplars that\u003cbr\u003ecompleted the very Italianate appearance of that Cornish demesne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Oliver took his ease in his dining-room considering all this as it\u003cbr\u003ewas displayed before him in the mellowing September sunshine, and found\u003cbr\u003eit all very good to see, and life very good to live. Now no man has ever\u003cbr\u003ebeen known so to find life without some immediate cause, other than that\u003cbr\u003eof his environment, for his optimism. Sir Oliver had several causes.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176747942128,"sku":"2940015872521","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015872521","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}