Captain Marryat

Captain Marryat
Captain Frederick Marryatwas a British Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens'. He is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy, for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code...
Captain Marryat quotes about
bear english-novelist savage sore
As savage as a bear with a sore head.