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The Wreck of the Grosvenor (Paperback)

by W. Clark Russell (Author)
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Dictionary of National Biography, 20th Century

"His descriptions of storms at sea and atmospheric effects were brilliant pieces of word painting."


Sir Edwin Arnold

"The prose Homer of the ocean."
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4.0 out of 5 stars An exciting sea yarn, Jul 16 2003
By Ronald J. Bloch (Wallingford, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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I enjoyed this book about the British merchant service in the mid-nineteenth century. The book had an effect on public opinion of that time about the conditions sailors were expected to endure.

The writing is excellent but it was written over a century ago in a James F. Cooper / Herman Melville style which may not appeal to some readers. To me, it is much preferable to the comic book simplistic style you sometimes see in adventure/historical novels.

The story concerns an honorable young man who must deal with a cruel captain and then subsequently with the rogue, mutinous members of the crew. A subplot concerns a beautiful young woman who is rescued after a storm and there is the inevitable love story added in, which I could have done without, but it is typical of the time period. The storm scenes are excellent and the descriptions are vivid. Overall, a pleasurable read of an ill fated voyage that, of course, has a happy ending.

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