A01=Frederick Marryat
Author_Frederick Marryat
british navy coming age
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gunpowder sea battles
harpy naval campaign
harpy sloop voyages
historical maritime adventure
junior naval officer
napoleonic sea adventure
period naval comedy
regency naval adventure
royal navy 19th century
sailor coming of age
seafaring swordplay scenes
sicilian intrigue abroad
spanish ship pursuit
young man's sea trials
young midshipman exploits
young officer trials
young seaman misadventures
youthful naval hero
Product details
- ISBN 9780935526400
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 1997
- Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A rollicking sea adventure, set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars, this book follows the escapades of a young midshipman who enters the King's service with some ideas that run badly afoul of the standards of naval discipline!
Captain Frederick Marryat (1792–1848) was an actual 19th-century British naval hero who lived a saga worthy of the novels of C.S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian. He survived fifty naval battles on the crack frigate Imperieuse under Lord Cochrane—the real-life model for Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey. In addition to plenty of cannonfire, battle strategy, peril, and passion—liberally sprinkled with wit and fine turns of phrase—Marryat's real-life naval experiences lend his novels a truly remarkable authenticity.
