Tom Cringle's Log (Heart of Oak Sea Classics Series) - Tapa blanda

One of the first masterworks of nautical fiction.

No collection of nautical fiction would be complete without the inclusion of Tom Cringle's Log, a novel that, along with the works of Marryat, became a cornerstone of the genre upon its publication some 150 years ago. Told in Scott's irresistible and immediate style, the novel follows the life of young midshipman Tom Cringle: his imprisonment in occupied Germany by Napoleon's forces, his West Indian cruise on the Torch, a British man-of-war, his daring escape from West Indian pirates, and his ultimate promotion to the officer ranks.

Michael Scott (1789-1835) was a Scottish merchant who migrated to the West Indies. He first published these stories in serial form in Blackwood's Magazine from 1829 to 1833.