The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet

This volume presents the original text of The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet in California, Sonora, and Western Texas, by Captain Frederick Marryat. Although Marryat (10 July 1792 - 9 August 1848) is not well known today, he is most remembered for his sea stories, particularly the fantasy novel The Phantom Ship, his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836), his children’s novel The Children of the New Forest (1847), and for a widely used system of maritime flag signaling known as Marryat’s Code. He was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens.