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The King's Own
Set against the backdrop of naval conflict and mutiny, it delves into themes of injustice, loyalty, and the harsh realities faced by sailors in the British Navy.
"The King's Own" by Frederick Marryat is a historical novel. Set against the backdrop of naval conflict and mutiny, it delves into themes of injustice, loyalty, and the harsh realities faced by sailors in the British Navy.
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However boldly their warm blood was spilt, Their life was shame, their epitaph was guilt; And this they knew and felt, at least the one, The leader of the hand he had undone— Who, born for better things, had madly set His life upon a cast, which linger’d yet. Byron.
There is perhaps no event in the annals of our history which excited more alarm at the time of its occurrence, or has since been the subject of more general interest, than the Mutiny at the Nore, in the year 1797. Forty thousand men, to whom the nation looked for defence from its surrounding enemies, and in steadfast reliance upon whose bravery it lay down every night in tranquillity,—men who had dared everything for their king and country, and in whose breasts patriotism, although suppressed for the time, could never be extinguished,—irritated by ungrateful neglect on the one hand, and by seditious advisers on the other, turned the guns which they had so often manned in defence of the English flag against their own countrymen and their own home, and, with all the acrimony of feeling ever attending family quarrels, seemed determined to sacrifice the nation and themselves, rather than listen to the dictates of reason and of conscience.
Contents
- 01Chapter One.
- 02Chapter Two.
- 03Chapter Three.
- 04Chapter Four.
- 05Chapter Five.
- 06Chapter Six.
- 07Chapter Seven.
- 08Chapter Eight.
- 09Chapter Nine.
- 10Chapter Ten.
- 11Chapter Eleven.
- 12Chapter Twelve.
- 13Chapter Thirteen.
- 14Chapter Fourteen.
- 15Chapter Fifteen.
- 16Chapter Sixteen.
- 17Chapter Seventeen.
- 18Chapter Eighteen.
- 19Chapter Nineteen.
- 20Chapter Twenty.
- 21Chapter Twenty One.
- 22Chapter Twenty Two.
- 23Chapter Twenty Three.
- 24Chapter Twenty Four.
- 25Chapter Twenty Five.
- 26Chapter Twenty Six.
- 27Chapter Twenty Seven.
- 28Chapter Twenty Eight.
- 29Chapter Twenty Nine.
- 30Chapter Thirty.
- 31Chapter Thirty One.
- 32Chapter Thirty Two.
- 33Chapter Thirty Three.
- 34Chapter Thirty Four.
- 35Chapter Thirty Five.
- 36Chapter Thirty Six.
- 37Chapter Thirty Seven.
- 38Chapter Thirty Eight.
- 39Chapter Thirty Nine.
- 40Chapter Forty.
- 41Chapter Forty One.
- 42Chapter Forty Two.
- 43Chapter Forty Three.
- 44Chapter Forty Four.
- 45Chapter Forty Five.
- 46Chapter Forty Six.
- 47Chapter Forty Seven.
- 48Chapter Forty Eight.
- 49Chapter Forty Nine.
- 50Chapter Fifty.
- 51Chapter Fifty One.
- 52Chapter Fifty Two.
- 53Chapter Fifty Three.
- 54Chapter Fifty Four.
- 55Chapter Fifty Five.
- 56Chapter Fifty Six.
- 57Chapter Fifty Seven.
- 58Chapter Fifty Eight.
- 59Chapter Fifty Nine.
- 60Chapter Sixty.
About this edition
- Author
- Frederick Marryat
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 515 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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