The Rival Crusoes
by W.H.G. Kingston
Publisher: ManyBooks 1899
ISBN/ASIN: 0554097400
Number of pages: 307
Description:
The ship is posted to the Far East station but is shipwrecked. Both Dick and Lord Reginald survive the wreck and become 'Crusoes', still with a deadly rivalry. But Lord Reginald is an incompetent, and would not have survived, had not Dick rescued him, and brought him back to health. Lord Reginald apologises for his past behaviour. Eventually they get back to England, and the story ends there.
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