Mr. Midshipman Easy

Mr. Midshipman Easy
Author: Frederick Marryat
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2024-09-12
Genre:
ISBN: 3368760890

The Complete Midshipman Bolitho

The Complete Midshipman Bolitho
Author: Alexander Kent
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2006-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1590132564

Three novels in one! Sixteen-year-old Richard Bolitho joins the British Royal Navy as a young midshipman. Follow his adventures as he undergoes a severe initiation into the dangerous world of the great sailing warships. 1. Richard Bolitho: Midshipman 1772: A young Richard Bolitho joins the 74-gun Gorgon. Naive and untested, Bolitho must learn the ways of the navy quickly if he is to survive. 2. Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger 1773: Bolitho returns home to Cornwall for Christmas, but smuggling, shipwrecking, and witchcraft tear apart his once-peaceful community. 3. Band of Brothers 1774: Bolitho stands on the brink of manhood and takes his examination to begin his true career as a King's Officer. But soon he must test his mettle against vicious smugglers!

Mr Midshipman Easy

Mr Midshipman Easy
Author: Frederick Marryat
Publisher:
Total Pages: 547
Release: 2021-11
Genre:
ISBN:

A timelesss tale of a midshipman's rise in Nelson's navy. Widely regarded as Marryat's best work, Mr. Midshipman Easy is based on the author's adventures sailing with Lord Thomas Cochrane. This classic seafaring tale is a fascinating account of naval life and warfare, of French prisons and love affairs, and of the midshipman's berth. Marryat's ready wit, unforgettable characters, and true-to-life details have earned him praise from Conrad, Hemingway, and Ford Madox Ford, who called him "the greatest of English novelists."

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
Author: C. S. Forester
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2018-09-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781727211245

The year is 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Horatio Hornblower, a seventeen-year-old boy unschooled in seafaring and the ways of seamen, is ordered to board a French merchant ship and take command of crew and cargo for the glory of England. Though not an unqualified success, this first naval adventure teaches the young midshipman enough to launch him on a series of increasingly glorious exploits. This novel-in which young Horatio gets his sea legs, proves his mettle, and shows the makings of the legend he will become-is the first of the eleven swashbuckling Hornblower tales that are today regarded as classic adventure stories of the sea