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- 8 min di lettura
- 8 parts
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A proud Highland son sails to war while a lawyer with a pipe plots to save the girl he loves.
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Mentre solchiamo gli abissi in breve
Riassunto: 8 min di lettura
- Tempo di lettura
- Circa 2 h 35 min2 h 5 min fast, 3 h 5 min slow
- Durata
- 37.300 parole
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Mentre solchiamo gli abissi in short
The book follows young Jack Mackenzie through a naval command, dangerous raids, convoy duty and great fleet battles. At home, his proud family sinks into debt to the lawyer Keane. Jack fights for honor while Gerty is pushed toward a rich baronet, and Richards schemes in her favor.
What Mentre solchiamo gli abissi is about
Two years to the day, Jack Mackenzie sailed out of England in the frigate Ocean Pride. Now, in a foggy London office and a Suffolk mansion, three people think of him at once. Why does everyone sigh poor Jack?
As We Sweep Through the Deep is a sea adventure by Gordon Stables, a Scottish naval surgeon who wrote stirring tales and died in 1910. It is set during the wars against France in the 1790s. You get broadsides, a smugglers' trap, a phantom ship, a mutiny and glimpses of Camperdown and the Nile. A quieter plot ashore, where debt and pride decide who may marry whom, runs beside them.
A chi è rivolto. This book suits readers who love wooden ships, cannon smoke and brave young officers, and who enjoy a warm love story, sea songs, and a narrator who chats with you.
The story in 8 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A proud family sinks while two girls wait
The story opens in London fog, with two lawyers who see one family very differently. Keane is small, keen and suspicious. He is owed more than forty thousand pounds by General Grant Mackenzie, a one-armed Highland soldier who still lives like a lord at Grantley Hall. Richards, round and white-haired, loves the family and wishes his partner would let his daughter Gerty marry the general's son. Keane laughs. He has a baronet named Sir Digby Auld in mind, and he calls Jack a pauper with a sword.
At the hall, Flora Mackenzie plays the harp while Gerty lies on a couch nearby. The two girls count the days since Jack left. Gerty admits she has half loved him since childhood. Yet she loves her lonely father even more, and she says she might marry Sir Digby to please him.
Far off on the Atlantic, Jack and his friend Tom Fairlie lean on the rail of the Ocean Pride under a golden moon. Then the lookout cries sail in sight, and the drum beats to arms.
Pride and debt put love and duty on opposite sides before the first cannon fires.
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Richards interrupts a proposal and tells a fairy tale
Gerty is barely seventeen when Sir Digby Auld asks to see her in the tartan boudoir.
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A wound, a vow, and a family's ruin
Before all this, the Ocean Pride fights the French frigate Désespéré.
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The Tonneraire fills her crew by cunning
Jack's new ship is the frigate Tonneraire, anchored in Plymouth Sound.
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A phantom ship and a battle in the dark
Jack's first command at sea is to guard a merchant fleet bound for America.
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A happy ship, a great victory, and a mutiny
The Tonneraire is a happy ship, and the author says why.
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A fool's paradise, bold raids, and two great fleets
After the letters from home, Jack makes a resolution the narrator calls ridiculous.
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What the story is really about and how it is told
Two themes run through the book.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Jack Mackenzie A proud, warm-hearted young Highland naval officer who rises to command a frigate and tries to forget the girl he loves.
- Tom Fairlie Jack's loyal friend and first lieutenant, cheerful and practical, who loves Jack's sister Flora.
- Gerty Keane A spirited young woman who loves Jack yet feels bound to please her lonely, grasping father.
- Flora Mackenzie Jack's graceful sister, a harpist, brave in the face of her family's troubles and quietly in love with Tom.
- Mr. Richards A kind old lawyer with a pipe and a plan, who dearly loves the Mackenzies and Gerty and wants them happy.
- Mr. Keane A suspicious, money-minded lawyer who holds the Mackenzie mortgage and wants his daughter to marry a titled man.
- MʻHearty The ship's rough, tender-hearted surgeon, always thirsty, who fights with a cutlass as readily as he heals.
- Sir Digby Auld A pompous, plump baronet in a youthful coat who hopes to marry Gerty while living on his future prospects.
How it ends (spoiler)
Richards secretly pays off the Mackenzie mortgage, and Keane is left speechless. Sir Digby is arrested for debt, later marries the wealthy Miss Gordon, and Keane dies abroad without seeing his plan done. The general inherits his uncle's estate, and Grantley Hall is restored. Jack and Gerty find each other again at the old sundial. A double wedding with Tom and Flora follows, and the two couples sail away happily.
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What is As We Sweep Through the Deep about?
It follows Jack Mackenzie, a young Scottish naval officer, through sea battles in the wars against France in the 1790s, while at home his family faces ruin and his love for Gerty Keane is tested.
Who is Gordon Stables?
Gordon Stables was a Scottish naval surgeon who wrote many adventure tales for young readers and families, often set at sea. He died in 1910, and his own sailor's experience colors this book.
Is As We Sweep Through the Deep based on a true story?
The main characters are invented, but the setting is real. The book describes actual battles such as St. Vincent, Camperdown and the Nile, along with the mutinies of 1797, and includes real figures like Nelson and Duncan.
Who are Jack, Tom and MʻHearty?
Jack Mackenzie is the captain of the frigate Tonneraire. Tom Fairlie is his friend and first lieutenant. MʻHearty is the ship's burly, kind surgeon, who takes up a cutlass when his friends are in danger.
Is the book easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that it is full of scenes, jokes, songs and clear action. Short chapters, a chatty narrator and a steady mix of adventure and romance make it easy to follow.
Cita questa edizione
Stables, Gordon. As We Sweep Through the Deep. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/as-we-sweep-through-the-deep.
Stables, G. (2026). As we sweep through the deep. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/as-we-sweep-through-the-deep
Stables, Gordon. As We Sweep Through the Deep. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/as-we-sweep-through-the-deep.
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