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Masterman Ready
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This adventure novel by Frederick Marryat follows a family shipwrecked on a deserted island, where the experienced old sailor Masterman Ready helps them survive. It suits readers who enjoy classic maritime survival stories and nineteenth-century adventure fiction.
Frederick Marryat
Captain Frederick Marryat was a Royal Navy officer and novelist. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836). He is remembered also for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest (1847). In addition, he developed a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.
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