The master mariner

by Nicholas Monsarrat

Book Overview

In this first half of an epic portrayal of the hazardous life of a British seaman through the past four centuries, master mariner Matthew Lawe sails with Drake and Hudson, serves with Samuel Pepys,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0304296090
• ISBN13: 9780304296095
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrate
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 1.99 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Can anyone answer this question????

Is The Master Mariner the same as The Master Mariner Running Proud. Their reviews look the same, and I wonder if it's the same book published with different titles. Can someone help me?

The best thing I have ever read in my life

I cried at several points because I was so excited. Each part of the story gets better and better.I loved it. It's a pity the whole story was never finished.

Very informative and entertaining maritime novel.

This is a great novel, one of the few I have gone back to re-read. The main character shows up in different roles at a dozen or so of the great naval events in world history. It's a good way to learn a bit of maritime history.Mark Hammer

An educational maritime adventure under sail.

This is my first book by Nicholas Monserrat. From the very first page the author held me captive all through the novel. To weave a fictional character in and out of historical events, and real peoples lives, was a stroke of story telling genius. I was both entertained and educated, and left with a desire to know more about the happenings that the central character lived through. This book will, I'm sure, satisfy anyone with a sense of adventure and an eagerness to learn.

The finest historical maritime book ever written ...

Master Mariner, by N. Monsarrat, is the finest historical maritime novel I have ever read ... through a character damned to live centuries at sea we experience the evolution of seafaring under sail from the days of the Spanish Armada to the beginnings of modern times ... I am an historian, hold a Merchant Marine Master's license, have written the text book "Celestial Navigation", spent years at sea, and read hundreds of books on the subject ... this is the BEST ... it should be reprinted!