Mr. Midshipman Easy

Written by a retired Captain of the Royal Navy, Frederick Marryat, Mr. Midshipman Easy is a novel set during the Napoleonic Wars, in which the author himself served with great honors.  Midshipman Easy is a spoiled young man whose parents regard him as a philosopher with a firm belief in the rights of man and equality. At 17, he joins the Royal Navy and befriends a lower deck seaman and escaped slave named Mesty. Easy and Mesty agree on the fundamental right to property, equality and respect from and for all men, but when Mesty is promoted to corporal on the ship, his perspective is changed. Mesty rules the ship with no mercy, not even for his young friend Easy. After several life-threatening battles, Easy becomes a respected officer. Just as the war is winding down, Easy receives word that his mother has died and his father is completely mad. After an experiment goes awry, Easy's father kills himself inadvertently, leaving Easy the sole heir to a large fortune.



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