Author: | Frederick Marryat | ISBN: | 1230000275888 |
Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher | Publication: | October 22, 2014 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Frederick Marryat |
ISBN: | 1230000275888 |
Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher |
Publication: | October 22, 2014 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
Percival Keene is a coming-of-age adventure novel published in three volumes in 1842 by Frederick Marryat. The book follows the nautical adventures of the title character, a low-born illegitimate child of a captain in the Royal Navy, as he enters service as a midshipman during the Napoleonic Wars and rises through the ranks with the help of his influential father.
Percival Keene is a coming-of-age adventure novel published in three volumes in 1842 by Frederick Marryat. The book follows the nautical adventures of the title character, a low-born illegitimate child of a captain in the Royal Navy, as he enters service as a midshipman during the Napoleonic Wars and rises through the ranks with the help of his influential father.