The Phantom Ship - Couverture souple

Marryat, Captain Frederick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1846375371 ISBN 13 : 9781846375378

Editeur : Echo Library, 2006

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Présentation de l'éditeur

THE PHANTOM SHIP.
CHAPTER I.
AfcOUT the middle of the seventeenth century, in the outskirts
of the small but fortified town of Terneuse, situated on the right bank of the Scheldt, and nearly opposite to the island of Walcheren, there was to be seen in advance of a few othei even more humble tenements, a small but neat cottage, built according to the prevailing taste of the time. The outside front had, some years back, been painted of a deep orange, the windows and shutters of a vivid green. To about three feet above the surface of the earth, it was faced alternately with blue and white tiles. A small garden, of about two rods of our measure of land, surrounded the edifice; and this little plot was flanked by a low hedge of privet, and encircled by a moat full of water, too wide to be leaped with ease. Over that part of the moat which was in front of the cottage-door was a small and narrow bridge, with ornamented iron handrails, for the security of the passenger. But the colours, ori

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Biographie de l'auteur

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and 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 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Echo Library
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1846375371
• ISBN 13: 9781846375378
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible