Salt Water, The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman,
By W H G Kingston.
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One interesting feature of this book is that it must have been one of
the earliest to be written by Kingston. It does not appear that there
was another edition for sixty years, by which time the author had been
dead for 35 years.
It is also a very good book of his genre, with lots of battle, murder,
and sudden death. It deals with the adventures of a young boy who joins
the Royal Navy as a midshipman in the care of his uncle. Most of the
action takes place in the Mediterranean, even so far as the Ionian sea,
where he visits Zante (now called Zakynthos), Cephalonia, and even
Corfu.
Of course practically everybody appearing in the book is slain, except
the young hero, who survives all.
If you want to read, or listen to, a rattling good yarn, try this one.
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SALT WATER, THE SEA LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NEIL D'ARCY THE MIDSHIPMAN,
BY W H G KINGSTON.