Newton Forster, a fisherman’s son raised on the English coast, goes to sea in the merchant service during the wars with France. Pressed into the Royal Navy, shipwrecked and serving with the East India Company, he rises by courage and honesty while a tangled mystery and a love affair wait to be resolved.
A cheerful Marryat sea novel of 1832, full of naval life and comic landsmen. Download the free EPUB.