Perhaps the most remarkable instance of a man working his professional knowledge with effect in literature.
Description
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.
Pages384
Released1999
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGlobe Pequot Publishing
ISBN9781590132050
SellerSimon & Schuster
Reviews
In a purely literary sense [his] real masterpiece.
This was Marryat's navy, his world, and no one brings it to us with greater authenticity.
Alexander Kent
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
