Book description
Eighteen classic sea-faring tales by the best-loved writers of the
genre, including Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester, Richard Woodman,
Herman Melville and Frederick Marryat. Featuring favourite heroes such
as Captain Jack Aubrey, Adam Hardy, Horatio Hornblower and Nathaniel
Drinkwater. These tales vividly re-create the age of the glory days of
sail, aboard the great ships that sailed for trade, discovery or
warfare. They include storms and shipwrecks, the great sea battles of
the Napoleonic era and the sheer, dangerous excitement of life before
the mast.
