1699 maritime drama
17th century english channel
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Author_Frederick Marryat
captain at sea
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Category=FBC
channel coast intrigue
eighteenth century sea adventure
english channel smuggling
english coast intrigue
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indestructible dog at sea
jacobite sea adventure
nautical horror comedy
naval captain adventure
naval smuggling adventure
period jacobite plots
period naval skirmishes
sea captain betrayal
sea captain cowardice
seafaring adventure 1699
ship captain adventure
treacherous ship commander
vicious dog companion
Product details
- ISBN 9780935526646
- Weight: 508g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 1999
- Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Set in 1699 and framed around the Jacobite (supporters of the overthrown king, James II) conspiracies of the time, Lieutenant Cornelius Vanslyperken is the greedy and treacherous commander of a small vessel that hunts for smugglers in the English Channel. Snarleyyow is his "indestructible" dog.
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.
