TheKingdomontheWaves

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author's imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously. Copyright © 2008 by M. T. Anderson Cover illustrations copyright © 2008 by The Menil Collection, Houston (detail from A Young Black by Sir Joshua Reynolds, ca. 1770); copyright © 2008 by the National Archives (engraving from painting by Richard Paton, ca. 1779-80) Map illustrations copyright © 2008 by Pier Gustafson All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher. First electronic edition 2010 The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Anderson, M. T. The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation. v. #2 The kingdom on the waves / taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources ; collected by Mr. M. T. Anderson of Boston. —1st ed. p. cm. Summary: After escaping a death sentence in the summe......