English Passengers

An electrifying modern classic - Kneale''s sweeping adventure story vividly brings a past age to life

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In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship up for charter. The only takers are two...