Description
About the Author
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.
Reviews
"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, Notes on Life and Letters
Book Information
ISBN 9780935526400
Author Capt. Frederick Marryat
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint McBooks Press
Publisher Globe Pequot Press
Weight(grams) 476g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 28mm