The Pilot (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: James Fenimore Cooper
- First Published: 1823
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: The Revolutionary War
- Setting: The northeastern coast of England
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Revolutionaries, Love or romance, Revolutions, England or English people, American Revolution, War, Eighteenth century, Loyalty, Sea or seafaring life, Warships, Treason, Navies
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Mr. Gray, the pilot, presumably the alias of John Paul Jones, who, betrayed by his native Britain, supports the cause of the American rebels. Picked up by an American frigate off the hazardous northeast coast of England, he gives immediate assistance by guiding the ship through the shoals during a gale. The member of a landing party dispatched to raid the homes of the gentry and to bring off political prisoners, Mr. Gray is captured and imprisoned at St. Ruth’s Abbey. There, he has an unexpected visitor, an old love, Alice Dunscombe. After his escape from...
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