Percival Keene

<p>One of Marryat's most entertaining follows adventures Percival Keene follows namesake character a low-born seaman on a mission to discover and claim his true parentage and identity. Young Keene endures baffles both great and small a stint on board a pirate ship a stormy romance and near-execution at the hands of Napoleon himself all told with Marryat's trademark panache. A page-turning nautical yarn with brilliant historical re-creations of life and war at sea.</p>