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    The Mission
    The Mission
    The Mission
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    The Mission

    By Frederick Marryat

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1970
    The Mission
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    Frederick Marryat

    Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was an English naval officer and novelist. Born in London, Marryat was raised in a prominent merchant family by Joseph Marryat, a member of Parliament, and his American wife Charlotte. He joined the Royal Navy in 1806 as a midshipman on the HMS Imperieuse, serving under Lord Cochrane. Throughout his naval career, he served on several ships and was present at battles against the French fleet off the coast of Spain. On the HMS Spartan, he fought in the War of 1812 and participated in raids on New England. After the war, he worked as an inventor and artist, patenting a new lifeboat and making a famous sketch of Napoleon on his deathbed in Saint Helena. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1830 to pursue a career as a professional writer, producing nautical novels and finding success with Mr. Midshipman Easy (1836). He frequently based his stories on his own experiences and earned a reputation as a member of Charles Dickens’ influential literary circle. His novels of adventure on the high seas would inspire countless storytellers, including Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, and Joseph Conrad.

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      What could have been a great story is suddenly ruined by political correctness (correct at the time of writing, that is) and descends into the worst kind of white man in Africa story. A young man ventures north from Cape Town to discover the fate of a distant relative whose boat had sunk off the African coast; he discovers quite early in the story that she didn't survive, and he feels relief that she didn't therefore bear children with the savages. How ridiculous! Sadly, there was still another half of the book to soldier on through, as the young man and his companions try to single-handedly wipe out the local faunae.

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