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The Pirate and The Three Cutters offers a thrilling nautical tale of piracy, smuggling, and adventure on the open seas. A feared pirate captain clashes with the law, while a parallel tale of smugglers unfolds in a world of deception, chase, and high-stakes danger.

Snarleyyow is a darkly humorous nautical tale set in the early 1700s, featuring an evil ship captain, an indestructible dog, and a tangled web of smugglers and political intrigue. As the British Navy clashes with Jacobite rebels, the absurdity of fate plays out at sea. A swashbuckling blend of adventure, satire, and high-seas mischief.

Young Jack Easy, full of his wealthy philosopher father's impractical notions of the rights of man and perfect equality—and failing to find much sympathy for them on land—resolves to join the navy, reasoning that "although the whole earth has been so nefariously divided among the few, that the waters at least are the property of all." He soon finds, though, that life in the Royal Navy is not quite the egalitarian ideal that he had expected, and is a good deal more eventful.

"Masterman Ready, or the Wreck of the Pacific" by Capt. Frederick Marryat, follows the adventures of a devoutly Christian family (The Seagraves) and their servant (Juno) who are shipwrecked at sea and find themselves having to survive on a desert island.

In den verschneiten Berges des Harzes ist das Leben kein Zuckerschlecken. Gefahren drohen nicht allein von der Kälte und der Einsamkeit, sondern auch von den Wölfen, die sich zu Rudeln formieren und die verstreut wohnenden Menschen in Angst und Schrecken versetzen.

"Mr. Midshipman Easy" (1836) is mostly a humorous, sometimes ironic, satirical, seafaring adventure. However, the early chapters of the novel address the birth, upbringing, and education of "our Hero", Jack Easy, and set the stage for the rest of the book.

Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat is a historical novel set during the English Civil War. After their father, a Royalist colonel, is killed, four orphaned children—Edward, Humphrey, Alice, and Edith Beverley—flee to the New Forest. They are sheltered by Jacob Armitage, a forester, who teaches them survival skills. Living in hiding, Edward later joins the Royalist cause, while his siblings maintain their rural life. The story explores themes of loyalty, resilience, and justice. Eventually, King Charles II is restored, and Edward regains his inheritance, reuniting with his ...