BDeBooks
The Privateer's-Man, One Hundred Years Ago by Frederick Marryat, book cover
Nautical and Sea Stories PDF EPUB

The Privateer's-Man, One Hundred Years Ago

by Frederick Marryat

Downloads
Under 100
First published
1846
Pages
306
Download

About this book

Frederick Marryat's last sea novel unfolds as a long, confessional letter written by Alexander Musgrave, a young Englishman from Cumberland who recalls his rough years afloat roughly a century before Marryat set them down. Musgrave signs aboard the privateer Revenge, cruises the waters off Hispaniola, and trades broadsides with heavily armed French ships in the running wars of the early eighteenth century. His fortunes carry him across the Atlantic and onto land, through captures, escapes, and dealings with both European rivals and the native peoples of the Americas. What lifts the book above simple action is its unease: Musgrave keeps weighing the plunder and bloodshed of privateering against the suffering it leaves in its wake. Readers who enjoy period seafaring fiction will find a darker, more reflective voyage than Marryat's earlier naval yarns.

Contents

About the author

Frederick Marryat - BDeBooks
Frederick Marryat

Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was a British Royal Navy officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars before becoming a popular novelist. A pioneer of the sea story, he drew on his own service for rousing nautical tales and also wrote the children's classic The Children of the New Forest.

More by Frederick Marryat

See all 10 books

More from this genre

See all

Reviews and discussion

No ratings yet. Be the first reader to rate this book.

Rate this book

Pick a star, then sign in. Only readers who confirmed their email can rate.

No comments yet. Share a thought, a question or a favourite passage.

Copyright concern? Read our DMCA policy

Read or download

Public domain book This work is in the public domain and free of copyright. Anyone may read, download and share it.

No download needed. Text reader: adjustable size, font and theme.
  • EPUB 257 KB Best for iPhone, Android, Kobo and tablets
  • KINDLE Send to Kindle Kindle devices and the Kindle app. Uses the same EPUB file. Send
    1. Download the EPUB file to this device.
    2. Open Amazon's Send to Kindle page, sign in, and add the file. Open Send to Kindle (opens in a new tab)

    On a phone: open the downloaded EPUB and share it to the Kindle app.

    You can also email the file to your Kindle address (it ends in @kindle.com) from an email address you approved in your Amazon account.

  • PDF 1.4 MB Best for computers, laptops and printing

Downloads start right away. How to open EPUB on your phone

Book facts

First published
1846
Reading time
About 9 hours
Pages
306
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online