W. Clark Russell
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Mr. Royle, a young second mate aboard a British Mercantile Marine vessel, copes with the cruel Captain Coxon, his callous first mate, and a mutinous crew. A beautiful young woman rescued from a shipwreck only complicate matters, both in safety and in love. This 1877 novel, boldly subtitled "An Account of the Mutiny of the Crew and the Loss of the Ship When Trying to Make the Bermudas," was Russell's most popular-and led to reforms in conditions aboard...
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A wealthy sea captain's beautiful daughter is suddenly kidnapped! The father's frantic chase leads to a sea battle in the English Channel. Admiral Nelson himself makes a cameo in this 1906 novel, which features vivid depictions of life in an old English seaport during the era of the Napoleonic wars.
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Excerpt: "In the year 1851 there dwelt on the banks of the river Thames a retired tailor, whom I will call John Sloper, out of regard to the feelings of his posterity, if such there be. This man had for many years carried on a flourishing trade in the east end of London. Having got together as much money as he might suppose would supply his daily needs, he built himself a villa near the pleasant little town of Erith. His house overlooked the water;...
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The Frozen Pirate is the story of Paul Rodney, a sailor who narrowly escapes death by shipwreck and exposure in the Straits of Magellan. Surmounting that peril, he faces another: Embedded in the Antarctic ice is an ancient vessel, filled with what seem to be frozen, contorted corpses. But the ship is a pirate ship, and the corpses aren't dead. When one of them revives, Rodney must fend off (and cooperate with, if he hopes to survive) one of the most...
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Excerpt: "THE BUCCANEERS-NAVIGATION IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY-FEATURES OF THE VOCATIONAL LIFE OF THE EARLY MARINER In or about the middle of the seventeenth century the island of San Domingo, or Hispaniola as it was then called, was haunted and overrun by a singular community of savage, surly, fierce, and filthy men. They were chiefly composed of French colonists, whose ranks had from time to time been enlarged by liberal contributions from the slums...
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Second mate William Lee narrates this spellbinding tale of a captain's madness, a woman's devotion, a shipwreck, and a dangerous escape from an island. Of this 1880 novel-about the doomed voyage of the sailing ship Waldershare-the author maintained "There is not an incident that is not true." Some events he depicts he experienced himself.
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Jeremy Liver-a sneak, coward, and drunk-incites mutiny aboard the good ship Atlantic. A falling spar almost kills the stalwart Captain Heron, who embarks on a dangerous course after the mutineers abandon ship. Russell's eye for authentic nautical detail grounds this 1896 tale of romance and adventure in realism.
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A shipful of husband-seeking women bound for Australia, diverted by mutineers, find themselves aground on an island in the South Seas. Can Captain Charles Morgan and his new second mate, serving-girl Alice Perry, train thirty females to raise sails for Sydney? This 1894 nautical romance-adventure is one of Russell's best, and most original.
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In 1820, Captain Pope and Captain Crystal-experienced sailors, gentlemen, privateers, and rogues-set sail in search of treasure. What they find instead is a reluctant crew, slavers, sea battles, an uncooperative earl, shipwreck, romance, and death in this 1897 nautical yarn.
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Walter Longmore, a young French-born midshipman, finds adventure and romance in this 1898 novel when he meets Miss Belle Stuart; together they face a series of adventures and misadventures. Russell's experience in the British maritime service lends an air of realism to this high-seas thriller, praised by critics for its freshness, skill, and sheer inventive power.