Widely regarded as Frederick Marryat's best work, "Mr. Midshipman Easy" is based on the author's maritime adventures with the legendary Lord Thomas Cochrane and traces the rise of a yound midshipman in the Royal Navy. According to the "Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, " it is here that He "created, perhaps, the perfect hero in the realms of naval adventure stories." Marryat treats us to a tale of French prisons, love affairs, and all the fascininating adventures of life and warfare at sea as seen from the midshipman's ...
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Widely regarded as Frederick Marryat's best work, "Mr. Midshipman Easy" is based on the author's maritime adventures with the legendary Lord Thomas Cochrane and traces the rise of a yound midshipman in the Royal Navy. According to the "Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, " it is here that He "created, perhaps, the perfect hero in the realms of naval adventure stories." Marryat treats us to a tale of French prisons, love affairs, and all the fascininating adventures of life and warfare at sea as seen from the midshipman's berth. With unforgettable characters, wonderful historical detail, and a ready wit reminiscent of Patrick O'Brian, Marryat's great fiction has earned him admirers such as Conrad, Hemingway, and Ford Madox Ford, who called him "the greatest of English novelists."
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