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Percival Keene Audiobook

Name: Percival Keene Audiobook
Brand: Blackstone Publishing
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Author: Frederick Marryat
ISBN: 9781483064673

By: Frederick Marryat

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Read By: William Sutherland Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Listen Time: 14.50 hours at 1.0x Speed 9.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 7.25 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: January 2006 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781483064673

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Longest Chapter Length:

175:08 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

06:03 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

18:49 minutes

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Publisher Description

Captain Frederick Marryat of the Royal Navy knew well both the thunder of the broadside and the laughter of the gun room. In Percival Keene, he takes us on a thrilling and authentic ride through the naval world of the Napoleonic wars.

This is the gripping tale of the mischievous young midshipman Percival Keene, whose adventures begin when he learns that the demanding Captain Delmar, a member of the wealthy and titled De Versely family, is actually his natural father. Stung by his father’s refusal to acknowledge him, Keene sets about to win his love and the family fortune. To do so, he must survive a shipwreck and capture by murderous pirates, fight duels of honor with his fellow officers, and battle against the French.

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"2009 - Very funny book! "
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“Over [Percival Keene] I have been chuckling, and grinning and clenching my fists, and becoming warlike.”
— Charles Dickens
“[Marryat’s] adventures are enthralling; the rapidity of his action fascinates…His greatness is undeniable.”
— Joseph Conrad
“Vivid, credible, authentic.”
— Virginia Woolf

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About Frederick Marryat

Captain Frederick Marryat (1792–1848) first attempted to run away to sea at fourteen. His father, a member of Parliament, helped him secure a midshipman’s berth on a frigate commanded by the daring Thomas Cochrane. He would go on to serve in the Royal Navy for over twenty years, in the Battle of Aix Roads and the War of 1812. When he turned his pen to naval life, he became the preeminent chronicler of British naval seamen in the great age of Nelson. His many novels were admired by such authors as Conrad, Hemingway, Thackeray, Coleridge, and Washington Irving.