In this seminal story of naval life during the Napoleonic War, Frederick Murrayat's young hero embarks upon a life at sea and finds it be a rough school indeed. Simple's trials and triumphs, alongside his faithful mentor, Terence O'Brien, mirror Marryat's own personal experience, from the hand-to-hand combat of cutting-out missions to the devastating hurricane off St. Pierre and the mutiny aboard the "Rattlesnake". "Peter Simple" is a towering tale from the great age of sail, filled with keen wit, vivid characters, and gripping adventure.

This edition in Marryats' Novels has an aged reinforcement tape firmly holding the front and rear cover which have safely cased the 462 pages and the advertisements before and after the text block

Front paste down believed to picture 'Old Mother' emptying the Tap at closing time while the Rear cover lists Routledge's Cheap Literature and Railway Library to 'Catherine Blum' and Bulwer Lytton's Novels to 'Last of the Barons(The)

Firm faded red cloth spine from 1862 with coloured paste downs to boards ~ a fantastic item to still be together 163 years later