Newton Forster: The Merchant Service - Couverture souple

Marryat, Frederick

 
9781490489759: Newton Forster: The Merchant Service
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ISBN 10 : 1490489754 ISBN 13 : 9781490489759
Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

Newton Forster or, the Merchant Service was first published in 1832 . The book tells the story of the Master of a coastal brig in the Royal Navy, his adventures, shipwreck and love interests as well as a fictionalised account of the Battle of Pulo Aura in the Straits of Malacca. The Battle of Pulo Aura was a naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, fought on 14 February 1804, in which a large convoy of Honourable East India Company's East Indiamen, well-armed merchant ships, intimidated, drove off and chased a powerful French naval squadron. Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel "Mr Midshipman Easy" and his children's novel "The Children of the New Forest", as well as for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as "Marryat's Code".

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Newton Forster or, the Merchant Service was first published in 1832 . The book tells the story of the Master of a coastal brig in the Royal Navy, his adventures, shipwreck and love interests as well as a fictionalised account of the Battle of Pulo Aura in the Straits of Malacca. The Battle of Pulo Aura was a naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, fought on 14 February 1804, in which a large convoy of Honourable East India Company's East Indiamen, well-armed merchant ships, intimidated, drove off and chased a powerful French naval squadron. Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel "Mr Midshipman Easy" and his children's novel "The Children of the New Forest", as well as for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as "Marryat's Code".

Biographie de l'auteur

Captain Frederick Marryat is probably one of the most important authors to write historical naval fiction books. Firstly he was one of the first authors to write such books and they must be considered as some of the most authentic as he actually served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. He first served aboard Lord Cochrane's HMS Imperieuse when she attacked French and Spanish interests in the Western Mediterranean. Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was a British Royal Navy officer, novelist, and an 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 and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.

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Éditeur
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1490489754
ISBN 13 
9781490489759
Reliure
Broché
Illustrateur
Struik Alex
Nombre de pages
520
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780935526448: Newton Forster or The Merchant Service (Classics of Nautical Fiction)

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0935526447 ISBN 13 :  9780935526448
Editeur : McBooks Press, 1998
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