When Cochrane was in the West Indies, one of his junior officers was Marryat, later Captain Marryat, author of such stirring yarns as Masterman Ready and Midshipman Easy. Marryat anticipated the entire nautical fiction industry, a fact frequently missed by those who canonize CS Forester, who incidentally, drew heavily on Cochrane's career to create Horatio Hornblower. Marryat's novels, long out of print, are now available from Fireship Press (Fireshippress.com)
When Cochrane was in the West Indies, one of his junior officers was Marryat, later Captain Marryat, author of such stirring yarns as Masterman Ready and Midshipman Easy. Marryat anticipated the entire nautical fiction industry, a fact frequently missed by those who canonize CS Forester, who incidentally, drew heavily on Cochrane's career to create Horatio Hornblower. Marryat's novels, long out of print, are now available from Fireship Press (Fireshippress.com)
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