Classics of Naval Fiction – serie

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Mr Midshipman Easy

AvFrederick Marryat

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

280 kr

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A rollicking sea adventure, set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars, this book follows the escapades of a young midshipman who enters the King's service with some ideas that run badly afoul of the standards of naval discipline!

Captain Blood

AvRafael Sabatini

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

245 kr

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Peter Blood, a physician and an English gentleman becomes a pirate after suffering a grave injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels—who were fighting the oppressive King James—Blood is enslaved on a Barbados plantation. He escapes to Tortuga and becomes the leader of a colony of buccaneers.

Wreck of the Grosvenor

AvW. Clark Russell

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

263 kr

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A brutal sea captain, an inhuman chief mate, and an indignant crew set out to sea together—an obvious equation for disaster. This is the gripping tale of this voyage, and of Mr. Royle, the mild second mate who rises to the occasion, overcoming mutiny and shipwreck in an attempt to save the lives of two innocent civilians.

Snarleyyow or the Dog Fiend

AvFrederick Marryat

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

280 kr

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Set in 1699 and framed around the Jacobite (supporters of the overthrown king, James II) conspiracies of the time, Lieutenant Cornelius Vanslyperken is the greedy and treacherous commander of a small vessel that hunts for smugglers in the English Channel. Snarleyyow is his "indestructible" dog.

Privateersman

AvFrederick Marryat

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

245 kr

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Privateers were essentially freelance ships, sanctioned during wartime to sail and do battle on behalf of adversary governments, and this tale follows Alexander Musgrave, a privateer-turned-adventurer, across three continents and into the arms of a beautiful woman.