Synopses & Reviews
William Seymour grows up on shipboard in the Royal Navy, after his father is hanged during the mutiny at the Nore (1797), and later, he is impressed into the crew of a daring smuggler. This amusing and exciting novel blends in the classic true tale of an English captain who deliberately lost his frigate on a lee shore, in order to wreck a French line-of-battle ship.
Review
"Marryat's greatness is undeniable." —Joseph Conrad
Review
" Marryat's writing . . . is also absorbing and delightful." —J. S. Bratton, The Novel to 1900
Synopsis
McBooks Press continues its Classics of Nautical Fiction series with another Captain Marryat novel The King's Own -- the tale of an orphan who grows up on shipboard in the Royal Navy. The King's Own opens with a dramatic narrative of the famous Nore mutiny (1797). Then a daring smuggler who impresses our young hero into his crew. Later we experience the thrilling story of an English captain who deliberately loses his frigate on a lee shore, in order to wreck a French line-of-battle ship.
Synopsis
William Seymour grows up on shipboard in the Royal Navy, after his father is hanged during the Mutiny at the Nore. Later, our young hero is impressed into the crew of a daring smuggler.
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.