“But it is a fact that a man's pluck is in his stomach, and when that is empty, he is what the milk-maids call 'all-over-ish.'”

About Frederick Marryat

Author • English

Frederick Marryat was an English Royal Navy officer and a pioneering novelist of sea stories. His real-life naval experiences heavily influenced his adventure-filled fiction, making him a popular author in his time. He...