A Jacobite exile : being the adventures of a young Englishman in the service of Charles XII of Sweden / by G.A. Henty ; with eight illustrations by Paul Hardy and map of central Europe.
Sir Marmaduke Carstairs, a Jacobite, is the victim of a conspiracy, and he is denounced as a plotter against the life of King William. He flies to Sweden, accompanied by his son Charlie. This youth joins the foreign legion under Charles X11., and takes a distinguished part in several famous campaigns against the Russians and Poles.
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