James Grant (navigator) - Grant in Fiction

Grant in Fiction

An unflattering fictional portrait of Grant appears in Patrick O'Brian's novel Desolation Island, part of the Aubrey–Maturin series.


The standard author abbreviation Grant is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a zoological name.

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Famous quotes containing the words grant and/or fiction:

    I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
    —Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885)

    Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer’s role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
    —J.G. (James Graham)