Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Landsman Hay, EPUB eBook

Landsman Hay EPUB

EPUB

Download - Immediately Available
Please note: eBooks can only be purchased with a UK issued credit card and all our eBooks (ePub and PDF) are DRM protected.

Description

A Royal Navy sailor recounts his adventuresome life at sea in this colorful memoir offering a rare look at early nineteenth century naval life.

In 1803, at the age of fourteen, Robert Hay ran away from home to join the Royal Navy. For the next eight years, he experienced the trials and tribulations of a sailor’s life. Intelligent and capable, he served a series of officers, all of whom helped advance his education. Yet he found the taxing conditions of life onboard detestable. He was even tempted to desert his post after an action off the French coast.

Hay was posted to the East Indies for five eventful years, and was badly wounded before returning home. His next ship ran aground off Plymouth and, this time, he took the opportunity to desert—but was then quickly taken by a press gang. Terrified of being identified, he managed to escape to Scotland and home.

Told with humor and verve, Hay’s memoir offers an impressive description of early nineteenth-century naval life. Colorful stories of drink and debauchery come side by side with keep observations on nature and humanity.

Information

Other Formats

Save 25%

£3.99

£2.99

Download - Immediately Available
Add to Basket
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Delivered to your inbox

to transfer to your device

eBook Help

Is this the right eBook for
my device? How do I download
this eBook? See help and FAQs pages

Information