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| Author | Winston Churchill |
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| Illustrator | Carlton T. Chapman and Malcolm Fraser |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | The Macmillan Company |
Publication date | 1899 |
| Publication place | USA |
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| Followed by | The Crisis |
Richard Carvel is a historical novel by the American novelist Winston Churchill. It was first published in 1899 and was exceptionally successful, selling around two million copies and making the author a rich man. The novel takes the form of the memoirs of an eighteenth-century gentleman, the Richard Carvel of the title, and runs to eight volumes. It is set partly in Maryland and partly in London, England, during the American revolutionary era