description: One of Marryat's most entertaining follows adventures, Percival Keene follows namesake character, a low-born seaman, on a mission to discover and claim his true parentage and identity. Young Keene endures baffles both great and small, a stint on board a pirate ship, a stormy romance, and near-execution at the hands of Napoleon himself, all told with Marryat's trademark panache. A page-turning nautical yarn with brilliant historical re-creations of life and war at sea.
language: English
title: Percival Keene
titlecomplete: Percival Keene (Heart of Oak Sea Classics Series)
genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adventure, Classics
ratings_count: 99
publisher: Owl Books