Books with author Frederick (1792-1848) Marryat

The King's Own.Captain Frederick Marryat CB FRS was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy, for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling known as Marryat's Code.

The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War and the Commonwealth. The story follows the fortunes of the four Beverley children who are orphaned during the war, and hide from their Roundhead oppressors in the shelter of the New Forest where they learn to live off the land.

• Two of British Captain Frederick Marryat's popular novels are in this Kindle eBook: The Children of the New Forest & The Phantom ShipThe Children of the New Forest (First Published 1847)It is 1647. King Charles I is defeated in the civil war and flees London for the New Forest. Soldiers search the forest and decide to burn Arnwood, the house of Colonel Beverley, a dead Cavalier officer. Four children, now orphans, are thought to have died in the fire but they are rescued by a gamekeeper. They live the life of simple foresters until they are old enough to fend for themselves and their country.The Phantom Ship (First Published 1839)Philip tries to save his father – a Captain damned for eternity to sail a Phantom Ship after killing a crew member.About The AuthorBritish Royal Navy Captain Frederick Marryat (1792 –1848) wrote sea stories and joined the Navy in 1806. He was a contemporary of noted authors including Charles Dickens. Captain Marryat’s books include: The Naval Officer, or Scenes in the Life and Adventures of Frank Mildmay (1829)The King's Own (1830)Newton Forster or, the Merchant Service (1832)Peter Simple (1834)Jacob Faithful (1834)The Pacha of Many Tales (1835)Mr Midshipman Easy (1836)Japhet, in Search of a Father (1836)The Pirate (1836)The Three Cutters (1836)Snarleyyow, or the Dog Fiend (1837)Rattlin the Reefer (with Edward Howard) (1838)The Phantom Ship (1839)Diary in America (1839)Olla Podrida (1840)Poor Jack (1840)Masterman Ready, or the Wreck of the Pacific (1841)Joseph Rushbrook, or the Poacher (1841)Percival Keene (1842)Monsieur Violet (1843)Settlers in Canada (1844)The Mission, or Scenes in Africa (1845)The Privateer's Man, or One Hundred Years Ago (1846)The Children of the New Forest (1847)The Little Savage (posthumous, 1848)Valerie (posthumous, 1848) The Children of the New Forest (1847)

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was a British Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. “The Children of the New Forest” is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the eng Civil War and the Commonwealth. The story follows the fortunes of the four Beverley children who are orphaned during the war, and hide from their Roundhead oppressors in the shelter of the New Forest where they learn to live off the land. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

This complete edition of the sea adventure tale Peter Simple contains both volumes of Marryat's humorous epic, with no abridgments. First released in 1833, Peter Simple is a comic retrospective of life on the high seas. Set upon a British sailing vessel, we witness the titular character in his attempts to find fame and fortune through sailing. Set during the Napoleonic Wars at a time when navies and ship technology was advancing rapidly, the tale fuses old fashioned adventure with a keen sense of humor. Although some of the humor - largely that with racial or prejudiced overtones - belongs to the era, much of Marryat's comic writing remains amusing even today. The gentlemanly, compassionate side of Marryat's nature is firmly advertised in this book, which depicts a protagonist gradually approaching a mature attitude toward his trade and a respect of life upon the seas. Peter Simple also contains insight into the workings of the navies of the era; the command structure, the British Admiralty, the technology and weapons aboard the ships, and how officers were expected to behave are all parts of the narrative. Thus, this novel acts a creditable historical supplement as well as an entertaining and amusing coming-of-age tale. Frederick Marryat was himself a sailor in the Royal Navy, serving as a midshipman on various vessels, partaking in a variety of combat operations and staging a perilous escape during a raid on Orleans, Massachusetts during the War of 1812. He proved an adept and innovative seaman, devising a system of flag signalling called Marryat's Code. After leaving the naval service, Marryat focused on both scientific studies and his literary career, authoring several successful works of fiction.

With over 50 illustrations. With their father killed fighting for King Charles and their mansion home burnt down by the Roundheads, the four orphaned Beverley children find refuge with old Jacob Armitage, a forester and loyal servant of their father's. In his cottage, deep in the New Forest, the children quickly have to learn hunting, housekeeping and the crafts of living off the land. When Jacob dies, the children are left completely alone to fend for themselves but despite being at constant risk of discovery, Edward, the eldest, is determined to help restore the king and regain his own inheritance.

William Seymour grows up on shipboard in the Royal Navy, after his father is hanged during the mutiny at the Nore (1797), and later, he is impressed into the crew of a daring smuggler. This amusing and exciting novel blends in the classic true tale of an English captain who deliberately lost his frigate on a lee shore, in order to wreck a French line-of-battle ship.