Castaway's Tale
In 1729, a remarkable book appeared in London. The author, Robert Drury, took up residence at Old Tom''s coffeehouse in the center of the city, welcoming the curious to hear his incredible tale: a voyage to Asia on an East India ship, floundering off the coast of Madagascar and, at just fourteen years of age, how Drury became enslaved on that island for the next decade and a half before a mirac...
In 1729, a remarkable book appeared in London. The author, Robert Drury, took up residence at Old Tom''s coffeehouse in the center of the city, welcoming the curious to hear his incredible tale: a voyage to Asia on an East India ship, floundering off the coast of Madagascar and, at just fourteen years of age, how Drury became enslaved on that island for the next decade and a half before a mirac...
