Englishman Tom Andrews escapes the hangman, only to find himself shanghaied onto a privateering ship. Fleeing to America with the ship's booty, he is then betrayed and forced to return to England where he yearns for love. His hopes rise on meeting the daughter of an impoverished aristocrat . . .
C.S. Forester's Hornblower novels
Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat;