Masterman Ready - Couverture souple

Marryat, Captain Frederick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1406556513 ISBN 13 : 9781406556513

Editeur : Dodo Press, 2007

Synopsis

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 partiarly 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), er 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).

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dodo Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1406556513
• ISBN 13: 9781406556513
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 292
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• Personne responsable: non disponible