Written as letters to a lady, the narrator copies out his youthful journal: cruising the Caribbean, taking a French ship, raiding a planter’s house at night and being driven off with losses. Captures, imprisonment and reversals of fortune follow, along with a patron named Mr. Trevannion and a love that tests his conduct.
A late Marryat novel from 1846, written by a naval captain who knew the sea he describes. Download the free EPUB.