Winds of Fortune  ‡

UK Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd. (London). First published  1934. Published in the USA as "Winds of Chance".

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Winds of Fortune (1934), described by Farnol as "This Romance of Perilous Seas", is also told in the first person, by a woman, Ursula Revell, in a deviation from his regular format. Abducted by Captain Japhet Bly (the real Lord Aldbourn) she is forced to accompany him on an expedition which takes them across the Atlantic. Once again, Absolom Troy and many other old names make an appearance. The voyage is richly strewn with some doughty skirmishes and cutting-out expeditions. Their ultimate destination is the South American continent. Steaming jungles, noble savages, slave hunters and mystical ceremonies are all on the menu of the day.