They managed to find time... to tell me that there was no chance of my being accepted for service and that really I should be surprised to still be alive.

The second The Barbary Pirates (1953) is a children's history of those early 19th century pirates. George had mild food allergies that kept him feeling unwell and he needed encouragement to eat. Works by Forester


See also
Patrick O'Brian - author of the Aubrey–Maturin series.

Cecil Scott "C. S.