Newton Forster or The Merchant Service (Classics of Nautical Fiction): 3 (Classics of Naval Fiction) - Softcover

Marryat, Captain Frederick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0935526447 ISBN 13: 9780935526448

Publisher: McBooks Press, 1998

Synopsis

Newton Forster is a troubled young man who survives impressment into the Navy, imprisonment in France, and a shipwreck in the West Indies before gaining a post on British East India Company vessel bound for Asia. Forster faces a thrill a chapter―murder, insanity, press gangs, prison, pirates, treachery, and romance.

About this title

Review:

"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." --Library Journal

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: McBooks Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0935526447
• ISBN 13: 9780935526448
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 342