Download or read book John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea written by William Henry Giles Kingston and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea" is a book of adventures of John Deane, a person who, according to the author, really existed. John lived a life full of events, achievements, and travels – he went a path from a poor drover around London to the position of the British Consul, which he obtained after serving Peter the Great on a Russian warship. Although John Deane of Nottingham is perceived more like a fictional personage, there is proof his story is real. In the quiet churchyard in the village of Wilford near Nottingham, there is his tomb with an inscription: "After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well."