This was Marryat's navy, his world, and no one brings it to us with greater authenticity.
Description
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!
Pages352
Released1997
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGlobe Pequot Publishing
ISBN9781590131978
SellerSimon & Schuster
Reviews
When your [Patrick] O'Brians are out, recommend Marryat.
Marryat has the power to set us in the midst of ships and men and sea and sky, all vivid, credible, authentic.
Virginia Woolf
[Marryat's] greatness is undeniable.
Joseph Conrad
