Synopses & Reviews
Frank Mildmay is a rogue and a rascal who cuts a memorable swath as he move up the ranks of the early 19th-century Royal navy. Whether seducing pretty girls ashore, braving hurricanes at sea or scrambling aboard a French privateer with cutlass bared, Mildmay and his adventures live on!
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"This was Marryat's navy, his world, and no one brings it to us with greater authenticity." —Alexander Kent
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"Marryat's writing . . . is also absorbing and delightful." —J. S. Bratton, The Novel to 1900
About the Author
Captain Frederick Marryat (17921848) 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 Cochranethe real-life model for Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey. In addition to plenty of cannonfire, battle strategy, peril, and passionliberally sprinkled with wit and fine turns of phraseMarryat's real-life naval experiences lend his novels a truly remarkable authenticity.