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The Dark Frigate: A Positronic Book
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781515442141
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Jan 1 2020
Pages: 194
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
An early twentieth-century American sea adventure in which a young man's voyage becomes a trial of conscience, loyalty, and survival.
In The Dark Frigate, Charles Boardman Hawes presents a maritime coming-of-age narrative shaped by danger and moral choice. Philip Marsham, wrongfully accused and forced from familiar shores, finds himself drawn into the harsh and uncertain life aboard a pirate vessel. The sea, vast and indifferent, becomes both prison and proving ground.
Hawes renders shipboard existence with disciplined realism, depicting the codes of authority and rebellion that govern life afloat. Amid treachery and violence, the young protagonist must determine what honour requires and whether redemption can be won through steadfast conduct. The novel balances adventure with reflection, never romanticising piracy while acknowledging its dramatic tension.
Representative of early twentieth-century American sea adventure and Newbery-era adventure fiction, The Dark Frigate remains one of Hawes's most enduring works and a classic of maritime storytelling.
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