Peter Simple
In this seminal story of naval life during the Napoleonic wars, Frederick Marryat''s young hero embarks upon a life at sea and finds it to be a rough school indeed. Simple''s trials and triumphs, alongside his faithful mentor, Terence O''Brien, mirror Marryat''s personal experience, from the hand-to-hand combat of cutting-out missions to the devastating hurricane off St. Pierre and the mutiny aboa...
In this seminal story of naval life during the Napoleonic wars, Frederick Marryat''s young hero embarks upon a life at sea and finds it to be a rough school indeed. Simple''s trials and triumphs, alongside his faithful mentor, Terence O''Brien, mirror Marryat''s personal experience, from the hand-to-hand combat of cutting-out missions to the devastating hurricane off St. Pierre and the mutiny aboa...
