Bøker av Capt. Frederick Marryat

A rollicking sea adventure, set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars, this book follows the escapades of a young midshipman who enters the King's Service with some ideas that run badly afoul of the standards of naval discipline!

Frank Mildmay is a rogue and a rascal who cuts a memorable swath as he moves up the ranks of the nineteenth-century Royal Navy.

The story of a privateer-turned-adventurer, Alexander Musgrave, whose exploits take him across three continents and into the arms of a beautiful young woman. His compelling adventures are the last sea story in the series written by Marryat.

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 a British East India vessel.

Lieutenant Cornelius van-slyperken is the greedy and treacherous commander of a small vessel that hunts for smugglers in the English Channel. Snarleyyow is his indestructible dog.

Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this book follows the escapades of a young man who enters the King's service with some ideas that run afoul of the standards of naval discipline.

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.