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- Autorius: Frederick Marryat
- Leidėjas: Fireship Press
- ISBN-10: 1935585142
- ISBN-13: 9781935585145
- Formatas: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Kalba: Anglų
The Privateersman (Book Fourteen of the Marryat Cycle) (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt
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The Privateersman, written in 1846, was the last of Frederick Marryat's nautically oriented novels, although one of his best non-nautical works, Children of the New Forest, still lay ahead of him. Privateers were essentially legalized pirates. They functioned like the illegal variety; but they carried a document from their government authorizing them to prey on the merchant ships of a specific enemy country. This document is what kept them from being hung as pirates should they be caught. After capturing a ship, they would bring it into an approved port where the ship's goods, along with the ship itself, would be sold. The government got a cut, the ship's officers and crew got a cut, and the investors got a return on their money which allowed them to send the privateer out again. The Privateersman is set in the early 1700s and gives us a keen insight into the world of privateering. Combine that insight with nonstop action and Marryat's unique dry wit, and you have a tremendously entertaining read.
- Autorius: Frederick Marryat
- Leidėjas: Fireship Press
- ISBN-10: 1935585142
- ISBN-13: 9781935585145
- Formatas: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Kalba: Anglų
The Privateersman, written in 1846, was the last of Frederick Marryat's nautically oriented novels, although one of his best non-nautical works, Children of the New Forest, still lay ahead of him. Privateers were essentially legalized pirates. They functioned like the illegal variety; but they carried a document from their government authorizing them to prey on the merchant ships of a specific enemy country. This document is what kept them from being hung as pirates should they be caught. After capturing a ship, they would bring it into an approved port where the ship's goods, along with the ship itself, would be sold. The government got a cut, the ship's officers and crew got a cut, and the investors got a return on their money which allowed them to send the privateer out again. The Privateersman is set in the early 1700s and gives us a keen insight into the world of privateering. Combine that insight with nonstop action and Marryat's unique dry wit, and you have a tremendously entertaining read.
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