Jack Easy, only son of a Hampshire gentleman with ridiculous theories, goes to sea as a midshipman in the Napoleonic wars, armed with his father’s doctrine of the equality of man. Duels, mutinies, prizes, shipwreck and a love affair in Sicily teach him what life aboard a man-of-war actually requires, with his friend Gascoigne and the boatswain Mesty at his side.
Marryat’s most popular comic sea novel, written by a captain who knew the Navy at first hand. Download the free EPUB.