Mr. Midshipman Easy: Adapted for Younger Readers by Jack Mulcahy Kindle Edition

Mr. Midshipman Easy is set in Napoleonic times when Britain ruled the waves, and both Spain and France, at different times, challenged that supremacy. The series starts when young Jack Easy , the son of an English Gentleman of considerable landed property, decides to turn his back on his comfortable life at home, and instead joins the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in search of "the equality of man" . This is a new philosophy, inspired by the French Revolution, which his father had been propagating for many years in the heart of the English countryside - but with limited success. Jack Easy, a gentleman always, discovers fairly swiftly that the Service has its own rules and customs - and the equality of man is definitely not amongst them. "Mr. Midshipman Easy" will appeal particularly to young gentlemen with a taste for adventure and an interest in the Navy. This book introduces our hero to the reader when he is still a boy and recounts his first adventures in the Service. It is a swashbuckling adventure full of character and life - with a humorous undertone running throughout. The young Jack Easy quickly grows up in the harsh setting of the Midshipman's berth - but never loses the manners and decorum of a Gentleman. Jack is a hard fighter when a fight is called for - and a young officer learning the ropes. Read more