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A noisy family breakfast in Leicestershire brings fourteen-year-old Marmaduke an unexpected offer: a place as midshipman aboard Captain Collyer's frigate, the Doris. His experience of boats has barely extended beyond a mill pond, but a schoolfriend's stories help him decide to go. Told in Marmaduke's own voice, the novel begins with a household where laughter, affection and firm parental guidance shape his outlook before he enters naval life.
The sea adventures bring that cheerful voice into situations requiring nerve and practical judgment. A later boarding action leaves Marmaduke and his companions in charge of a French vessel, with prisoners who greatly outnumber them. Securing the ship demands cooperation and quick decisions about what to do next.
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- About 8 hours
- Pages
- 261
- Language
- English
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