{"product_id":"peter-simple-57986-51913","title":"Peter Simple # 57986","description":"Peter Simple. By the Author of \"Newton Forster\", \"The King´s own\", \"The Naval Officer\", \u0026amp;c. Frederick Marryat.\u003cbr\u003ePeter Simple is an 1834 novel written by Frederick Marryat about a young British midshipman during the Napoleonic wars. It was originally published in serialized form in 1833.\u003cbr\u003eThe novel describes the naval career of a young gentleman during the period of British Mastery of the seas in the early 19th century. The hero of the title is introduced as 'the fool of the family', son of a parson and heir presumptive to the influential Lord Privilege. This forms a subplot among several others that run alongside the main narrative which mainly concerns the young man's journey from adolescent to adulthood amidst a backdrop of war at sea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the key components of the tale is Peter's relationship with the various shipmates he meets, mainly an older officer who takes young Simple under his wing and proves invaluable in his sea education, and also a post captain who suffers from Münchausen syndrome, among others.\u003cbr\u003eAusgezeichnetes Exemplar von 1935.","brand":"Bókin.is","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51123198624072,"sku":"OSC-51913","price":39500.0,"currency_code":"ISK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/4029\/9848\/files\/57986.jpg?v=1754759263","url":"https:\/\/www.bokin.is\/de\/products\/peter-simple-57986-51913","provider":"bokin.is","version":"1.0","type":"link"}