The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat

"The Phantom Ship" by Frederick Marryat is a Gothic novel published in 1839 that explores the legend of the Flying Dutchman. Philip Vanderdecken embarks on a perilous quest to save his father, doomed to sail eternally as captain of a cursed ghost ship after making a rash oath. Armed with a holy relic, Vanderdecken must confront supernatural forces, Arabian magic, demonic pilots, and the Inquisition itself. Yet the phantom ship brings doom to all who encounter her, threatening his mission of redemption. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848
Title The Phantom Ship
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Ship
Credits Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
Reading Level Reading ease score: 75.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Sea stories
Subject Horror tales
Subject Immortalism -- Fiction
Subject Flying Dutchman -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 21573
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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