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Experience the thrill of the 19th-century merchant service in Frederick Marryat's "Newton Forster: The Merchant Service," a classic sea adventure filled with romance and suspense. This meticulously prepared edition brings to life a historical tale of maritime life. Immerse... Read Full Overview

Newton Forster or, the Merchant Service is an 1832 novel by the British writer Frederick Marryat. Like much of Marryat's work it is a seafaring novel about a young man impressed into the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. He is subsequently imprisoned by the French, shipwrecked... Read Full Overview

Newton Forster or, the Merchant Service is an 1832 novel by the British writer Frederick Marryat. Like much of Marryat's work it is a seafaring novel about a young man impressed into the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. He is subsequently imprisoned by the French, shipwrecked... Read Full Overview