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by Captain Frederick Marryat (Author)
Key Phrases: merchant service, Captain Drawlock, Captain Oughton, Windsor Castle (more...)
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When all your Patrick O'Brians are out, recommend Marryat -- Library Journal, August 1997

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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 the British East India Company vessel bound for Asia. Forster faces a thrill a chapter-murder, insanity, press gangs, prisons, pirates, treachery, and romance! Marryat's non-stop action and wry wit combine to create an immensely entertaining blend of sea story and farce.

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: McBooks Press (March 1, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0935526447
  • ISBN-13: 978-0935526448
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #837,058 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good naval romp, November 18, 1998
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O.K. O.K. Marryat's books tend to be full of unlikely circumstances and coincidences and sappy, happy endings. On the other hand, his novels are naval action adventures of the Napoleanic age written by a man who was actually a captain in the nineteenth century British navy, albeit somewhat after the Napoleanic Wars. As long as you sit back and enjoy the story, the adventures and misadventures of Newton Forster are just plain fun. And, remember, this book was written more than a century before Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey had even been thought of.
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