It can be argued that modern nautical fiction began with this
bookthe first that flowed from Frederick Marryats pen. Written in
1829, it follows the adventures of Frank Mildmay as he enters the
Royal Navy and begins his rocky climb up the career ladder. Marryat
intentionally made Mildmay a rake and a hell-raiser so that people
would not confuse the characters fictional adventures with his own
very real ones. In fact, people did just the reverse and assumed
that Marryat was writing about himself. The extent to which the
novel was autobiographical is debated to this day. The one thing
that is not debated is that it is a great read. Its filled with
completely plausible nautical adventure, and written with the
accuracy and realism that can only come from a writer who has been
there and done that.
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