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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. For readers drawn to sailing fiction, Kingston offers the contrast between an eager beginner's expectations and the urgent responsibilities of life aboard a fighting ship.
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