Mr Midshipman Easy (Heart of Oak Sea Classics Series) - Hardcover

Marryat, Frederick

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9780805059885: Mr Midshipman Easy (Heart of Oak Sea Classics Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805059881 ISBN 13: 9780805059885

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1998

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The story of an English midshipman during the Napoleonic Wars includes French prisons, love affairs, life at sea, and naval warfare

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Rousing good sea adventure by a master of nautical literature. A 19th-century British Royal Navy captain, Frederick Marryat offers contemporary readers plenty of cannonfire, battle strategy, peril and passion-liberally sprinkled with wit and fine turns of phrase. A sure-fire hit for Patrick O'Brian fans!

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A rollicking sea adventure, set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars, Mr. Midshipman Easy 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! The author was an actual 19th-century British naval hero who lived a saga worthy of the novels of C.S. Forester or Patrick O'Brian. Captain Frederick Marryat survived fifty naval battles and served on the crack frigate Imperieuse under Lord Cochrane - the real-life model for Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey. Mr. Midshipman Easy is said to have been inspired by Cochrane's adventures as a young midshipman.

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