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Mr. Midshipman Easy
- Author
- Frederick Marryat
- Narrator
- Michael Healy
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 January 2014
- Run Time
- 14 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
At fourteen the unworldly, idealistic Jack Easy leaves the luxury of his father's estate in England and sails into a world of action and adventure aboard the sloop of war HMS Harpy. At first Jack finds it hard to stomach the discipline of naval life and, with his mischievous sense of humor, is always getting himself into scrapes. But soon he is bravely taming a band of mutinous seamen, outwitting a wily and murderous Sicilian nobleman, and breathing the smell of gunpowder and raw steel as the Harpy chases Spanish ships on the Mediterranean.
This neglected 1836 classic is both a rousing adventure story and a profound coming-of-age tale written with great skill and humor.
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“This was Marryat’s navy, his world, and no one brings it to us with greater authenticity.”
Alexander Kent
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Details
- Author
- Frederick Marryat
- Narrator
- Michael Healy
- Duration
- 14 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 January 2014
- ISBN
- 9781481590723
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Sea stories, Adventure fiction
Synopsis
At fourteen the unworldly, idealistic Jack Easy leaves the luxury of his father's estate in England and sails into a world of action and adventure aboard the sloop of war HMS Harpy. At first Jack finds it hard to stomach the discipline of naval life and, with his mischievous sense of humor, is always getting himself into scrapes. But soon he is bravely taming a band of mutinous seamen, outwitting a wily and murderous Sicilian nobleman, and breathing the smell of gunpowder and raw steel as the Harpy chases Spanish ships on the Mediterranean.This neglected 1836 classic is both a rousing adventure story and a profound coming-of-age tale written with great skill and humor.
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