The Children of the King: A Tale of Southern Italy : 9781517599775

Lay your course south-east half east from the Campanella. If the weather is what it should be in late summer you will have a fresh breeze on the starboard quarter from ten in the morning till four or five o'clock in the afternoon. Sail straight across the wide gulf of Salerno, and when you are over give the Licosa Point a wide berth, for the water is shallow and there are reefs along shore. Moreover there is no light on Licosa Point, and many a good ship has gone to pieces there in dark winter nights when the surf is rolling in. If the wind holds you may run on to Palinuro in a long day before the evening calm comes on, and the water turns oily and full of pink and green and violet streaks, and the sun settles down in the north-west.

Author: F. Marion Crawford

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Oct 06, 2015

Number of Pages: 114 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1517599776

ISBN-13: 9781517599775