Afloat and Ashore a Sea Tale vs The Great Shadow: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Napoleonic wars, Fiction

Cover of Afloat and Ashore a Sea Tale

Afloat and Ashore a Sea Tale James Fenimore Cooper · 1800 497 pages · ≈ 9 h 12 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Great Shadow

The Great Shadow Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892 ★★★★☆ 3.8 134 pages · ≈ 2 h 29 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

The Great Shadow is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 9 for Afloat and Ashore a Sea Tale.

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