Frederick Marryat

This complete edition of the sea adventure tale Peter Simple contains both volumes of Marryat's humorous epic, with no abridgments.First released in 1833, Peter Simple is a comic retrospective of life on the high seas. Set upon a British sailing vessel, we witness the titular character in his attempts to find fame and fortune through sailing. Set during the Napoleonic Wars at a time when navies and ship technology was advancing rapidly, the tale fuses old fashioned adventure with a keen sense of humor.Although some of the humor - largely that with racial or prejudiced overtones - belongs to the era, much of Marryat's comic writing remains amusing even today. The gentlemanly, compassionate side of Marryat's nature is firmly advertised in this book, which depicts a protagonist gradually approaching a mature attitude toward his trade and a respect of life upon the seas.Peter Simple also contains insight into the workings of the navies of the era; the command structure, the British Admiralty, the technology and weapons aboard the ships, and how officers were expected to behave are all parts of the narrative. Thus, this novel acts a creditable historical supplement as well as an entertaining and amusing coming-of-age tale.Frederick Marryat was himself a sailor in the Royal Navy, serving as a midshipman on various vessels, partaking in a variety of combat operations and staging a perilous escape during a raid on Orleans, Massachusetts during the War of 1812. He proved an adept and innovative seaman, devising a system of flag signalling called Marryat's Code. After leaving the naval service, Marryat focused on both scientific studies and his literary career, authoring several successful works of fiction.

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Frank Mildmay is a rogue and a rascal who cuts a memorable swath as he moves 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!

The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War and the Commonwealth. The story follows the fortunes of the four Beverley children who are orphaned during the war, and hide from their Roundhead oppressors in the shelter of the New Forest where they learn to live off the land.

The Flying Dutchman, a legendary ghost ship, brings despair and death to all who encounter her. Cursed by the captain's deadly sins, the seventeenth-century ship and its crew are doomed to sail and suffer for all eternity ― unless a holy relic can be brought to them. Philip Vanderdecken, the captain's son, vows to rescue the ship from its living hell. In the employ of the Dutch East India Company, young Vanderdecken sets sail for a gripping series of adventures, from sea battles and shipwrecks to an encounter with a werewolf.

“One wide water all around us, All above us one black sky,” sings the captain in the opening scene of this tale.

"The Werewolf," a short story extracted from Frederick Marryat's novel The Phantom Ship (1839) . Reprinted many times since, often under alternative title of "The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains," the tale chronicles the misfortunes of Krantz, A Hungarian nobleman's steward, who flees from Transylvania with his three children after murdering his unfaithful wife and lover.

One of Marryat's most entertaining follows adventures, Percival Keene follows namesake character, a low-born seaman, on a mission to discover and claim his true parentage and identity. Young Keene endures baffles both great and small, a stint on board a pirate ship, a stormy romance, and near-execution at the hands of Napoleon himself, all told with Marryat's trademark panache. A page-turning nautical yarn with brilliant historical re-creations of life and war at sea.

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 - 9 August 1848) was a British Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836), for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest (1847), and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

The Settlers In Canada is a historical novel written by Captain Frederick Marryat. The novel tells the story of a group of settlers who leave England and travel to Canada to start a new life. The story follows their journey as they face numerous challenges and obstacles, including harsh weather conditions, limited resources, and conflicts with the indigenous people. The novel provides a vivid portrayal of life in Canada during the 19th century, including descriptions of the landscape, wildlife, and the daily struggles of the settlers. It also explores themes of perseverance, resilience, and the importance of community in overcoming adversity. Throughout the novel, Marryat weaves in elements of romance and adventure, as the settlers encounter various characters and situations that test their resolve. The book is written in a clear and engaging style, with detailed descriptions and well-developed characters that bring the story to life. Overall, The Settlers In Canada is a compelling and informative historical novel that offers a glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of early Canadian settlers. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Canadian history or historical fiction.""He was killed by an Indian, but it is difficult to say why. For many years he had made friends with us and had received a liberal pension from the Government; but it appears that his hatred against the English had again broken out, and in a council held by the Indians, he proposed assailing us anew. After he had spoken, an Indian buried his knife in his heart, but whether to gratify a private animosity or to avoid a further warfare with those who had always thinned their tribes, it is difficult to ascertain.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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.

Privateers were essentially freelance ships, sanctioned during wartime to sail and do battle on behalf of adversary governments. This tale follows Alexander Musgrave, a privateer-turned-adventurer, across three continents and into the arms of a beautiful woman.

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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 Company vessel bound for Asia. Forster faces a thrill a chapter—murder, insanity, press gangs, prison, pirates, treachery, and romance.

Set in 1699 and framed around the Jacobite (supporters of the overthrown king, James II) conspiracies of the time, Lieutenant Cornelius Vanslyperken is the greedy and treacherous commander of a small vessel that hunts for smugglers in the English Channel. Snarleyyow is his "indestructible" dog.

It tells the story of Thomas Saunders, a sailor's son and neglected street urchin struggling to survive in Greenwich, London in the early 19th century. ("Poor Jack" was the title given by the waterfront boys, or mudlarks, to their chief.) In a rags-to-riches story Saunders eventually rises by his own efforts to become a pilot on the Thames, makes his fortune and retires to the life of a wealthy squire.

Las leyendas y relatos sobre los hombres-lobo cuentan en Europa con una larga tradición y se remontan hasta la Antigüedad clásica. Posteriormente, el gusto romántico por este tipo de historias llevó a muchos autores a retomar esta tradición y a reelaborarla, acentuando en la mayoría de los casos los aspectos sobrenaturales y conectándola más directamente con el mundo de lo oculto y lo monstruoso.La presente antología recoge una muestra de las recreaciones más brillantes que hicieron del hombre-lobo autores como Frederick Marryat, Sutherland Menzies, Peter Fleming o Claude Seignolle. Con traducción de Francisco Torres Oliver, esta edición a cargo de Juan Antonio Molina Foix es una rareza literaria que hará las delicias de los aficionados al género.

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La mujer loba y otros relatos sobrenaturales reúne cinco narraciones de autores de lengua inglesa, escritas entre 1839 y 1885, cuyos temas enfrentan una dualidad por momentos inconciliables: el mundo de la percepción y el mundo del pensamiento. Un abismo difícil de salvarse abre entre lo que los protagonistas de estas historias ven -o creen ver- y lo que les autoriza ver el pensamiento positivista y la moral impérate de la época.

The Pirate is a stirring tale of adventure on the high seas. Full of action and excitement, it is a ripping yarn from the acknowledged pioneer of the sea-novel.The Three Cutters brings together three disparate sets of seafarers aboard three different an aristocratic yachting party, officers of the customs service and a crew of smugglers. Infused with the author's love for the sea, this is a thrilling story of cat and mouse off the English coast.

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Роман "Корабль-призрак" -,- еще одна вариация на тему истории о "Летучем Голландце". Герой романа Филипп Вандердеккен должен снять заклятие с отца, который, находясь в шторм на корабле, в минуту отчаяния произнес страшную клятву, возвел хулу на Бога. В романе причудливым образом переплетены судьбы реальных и мистических персонажей.

An imitation of 'The Arabian Nights'.Extract:My camel had by this time arrived to his full perfection; he stood nearly three feet higher than any other; and, when the caravan was preparing, I led him to the sheiks, and offered him as a candidate for the honour. They would have accepted him immediately, had it not been for a maribout, who, for some reason or another, desired them not to employ him, asserting that the caravan would be unlucky if my camel was the bearer of the holy Koran.

Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836) and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest (1847). After trying to run away to sea several times, he was permitted to enter the Royal Navy in 1806, as a midshipman on board HMS Imperieuse. In 1829 he was commanding the frigate HMS Ariadne on a mission to search for shoals around the Madeira and Canary Islands. This was an uninspiring exercise, and between that and the recent publication of his first novel, The Naval Officer (1829) he decided to resign his commission and take up writing full time. Other works include The King's Own (1830), Newton Forster; or, The Merchant Service (1832), Peter Simple, and The Three Cutters (1834), Jacob Faithful (1834), The Pacha of Many Tales (1835), Japhet, in Search of a Father (1836), The Pirate (1836), The Phantom Ship (1839), Poor Jack (1840), Masterman Ready (1841), Percival Keene (1842), The Privateersman (1846) and The Mission; or, Scenes in Africa (1845).

"When your O'Brians are out, recommend Marryat." —Library Journal "[Marryat's] greatness is undeniable." —Joseph Conrad "Marryat has the power to set us in the midst of ships and men and sea and sky all vivid, credible, authentic." —Virginia Woolf

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Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836) and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest (1847). After trying to run away to sea several times, he was permitted to enter the Royal Navy in 1806, as a midshipman on board HMS Imperieuse. In 1829 he was commanding the frigate HMS Ariadne on a mission to search for shoals around the Madeira and Canary Islands. This was an uninspiring exercise, and between that and the recent publication of his first novel, The Naval Officer (1829) he decided to resign his commission and take up writing full time. Other works include The King's Own (1830), Newton Forster; or, The Merchant Service (1832), Peter Simple, and The Three Cutters (1834), Jacob Faithful (1834), The Pacha of Many Tales (1835), Japhet, in Search of a Father (1836), The Pirate (1836), The Phantom Ship (1839), Poor Jack (1840), Masterman Ready (1841), Percival Keene (1842), The Privateersman (1846) and The Mission; or, Scenes in Africa (1845).

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, and novelist. The Works of Captain Marryat (with an active table of contents), includes:The Children of the New ForestDiary in America, Series 1Diary in America, Series 2Frank MildmayJacop Faithful Japhet in Search of a FatherThe King’s Own The Little SavageMasterman ReadyThe MissionMr. Midshipman EasyNewton ForsterOlla PodridaThe Pacha of Many TalesPercival KeenePeter Simple The Phantom ShipThe Pirate The PoacherPoor JackThe Privateer’s-ManRattlin the ReeferThe Settlers in CanadaSnarleyyowThe Three CuttersThe Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet in California, Sonora, and Western TexasValerie