Three Midshipmen

Three schoolboys. One unshakable bond. A lifetime of storms ahead. Terence, Jack, and Alick meet as bullied boarders and forge a friendship fierce enough to face down the worst of schoolyard tyrants. When they finally escape to serve in the Royal Navy, the sea tests what school could not break. Shipwrecked in hurricanes, shelled in battles against foreign fleets, captured by pirates and left marooned on forgotten islands these three mates discover that the ocean is far crueler than any bully, but loyalty remains the same. They sail different ships, cross oceans apart, yet somehow the fates keep drawing them back together, because some bonds were made to weather anything. Written in 1861 with crackling dialogue and breathless action, Three Midshipmen captures the roughhonor and daring of a vanished era when young boys commanded merchant vessels and fortunes were won or lost on the roll of a wave. It's a rousing adventure for anyone who ever dreamed of standing on a quarterdeck with wind in their face and brothers at their side.