Posted: 6/8/2010 10:28:58 AM EDT
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I have just discovered Frederick Marryat. What a genius. Action, humor and not a hint of political correctness. These are great books waiting to be rediscovered. They are free on Kindle for Iphone and Google books.
I really enjoyed Peter Simple as well as Mr. Midshipman Easy. Highly recommended. His character development is superb. O'Brien, Chucks and Swinburne. People are interesting. Marryat understands this. It is certain he was an officer who never forgot what it was like to be the FNG without a clue having to be trained up by the Enlisted members. It is a theme in both books of his I have read. |
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I have just discovered Frederick Marryat. What a genius. Action, humor and not a hint of political correctness. These are great books waiting to be rediscovered. They are free on Kindle for Iphone and Google books. I really enjoyed Peter Simple as well as Mr. Midshipman Easy. Highly recommended. His character development is superb. O'Brien, Chucks and Swinburne. People are interesting. Marryat understands this. It is certain he was an officer who never forgot what it was like to be the FNG without a clue having to be trained up by the Enlisted members. It is a theme in both books of his I have read. OP, Thanks for the heads up on this one. It sounds like it is similar to the Horatio Hornblower series. Do you think Forrester got his ideas from this novel? |
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I have just discovered Frederick Marryat. What a genius. Action, humor and not a hint of political correctness. These are great books waiting to be rediscovered. They are free on Kindle for Iphone and Google books. I really enjoyed Peter Simple as well as Mr. Midshipman Easy. Highly recommended. His character development is superb. O'Brien, Chucks and Swinburne. People are interesting. Marryat understands this. It is certain he was an officer who never forgot what it was like to be the FNG without a clue having to be trained up by the Enlisted members. It is a theme in both books of his I have read. OP, Thanks for the heads up on this one. It sounds like it is similar to the Horatio Hornblower series. Do you think Forrester got his ideas from this novel? I think Forrester's character Hornblower is based on Lord Cochrane. Marryat's works are somewhat autobiographical and also just from his observations over years in the RN. I don't know if Forrester and Marryat were contemporaries. Will have to research. Edit: However, I think Hornblower written by Patrick O'Brian. Firing up Google. Nope, you are right. Forester wrote Hornblower series. However, Marryat's works are much older. So, likely Forrester was familiar with Marryat's work. |