The two admirals - A Tale

by James Fenimore Cooper

The two admirals - A Tale is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1861. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Genres: Classics, Historical Fiction, Novels, Fiction, American

484 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1842

About the author

James Fenimore Cooper was a popular and prolific American writer. He is best known for his historical novel The Last of the Mohicans, one of the Leatherstocking Tales stories, and he also wrote political fiction, maritime fiction, travelogues, and essays on the American politics of the time. His daughter Susan Fenimore Cooper was also a writer.

Series:
* The Leatherstocking Tales
* The Littlepage Manuscripts
* Afloat and Ashore
* Homeward Bound

Reviews

[Krysta]

The Two Admirals does not rank as one of Cooper’s best works. Its lack of organization and sheer contempt for the rules of writing threaten the interest of the modern reader, accustomed to focused narratives with fast pacing and tidy plot lines. Cooper begins the story slowly, describing first obscure English law and then a number of characters who will ultimately prove only secondary to the plot. This introduction sets the tone of the entire book as often the amount of space given to certain characters and scenes suggests their importance to the plot when Cooper never meant them to have any significance at all. The belated introduction of the titular characters does little to advance the work if one assumes the author meant it as a nautical adventure; only after three hundred pages do the men finally take to sea. The book lacks so greatly in unity that a coherent summary of it requires the omission of most of the plot.

None of this means, however, that the story will prove uninteresting to readers, especially those who already know and love Cooper. Disappointment comes largely from the expectation that the author, in mentioning admirals in his title, meant to tell a sea tale. However, if one understands the title as referring to the friendship of the admirals and the book as a character study and not necessarily an adventure (though Cooper does ultimately deliver an exciting naval engagement), The Two Admirals provides a solid and satisfying reading experience.

[Carol]

Like most of Cooper's works, it's very descriptive. It would be better if I knew the difference between the main mast &the mizzen mast, but that's my problem. I used a reader so I could easily look up the definitions of words &have the French phrases translated. I liked this better than some ood his other works

[Annm]

It started slow, but got better and better. It definitely helps if you have some knowledge of sailing.

[Eric]

A fun saga by a great author. I was worried the "old" English might be a problem and others commented that the Kindle quality of Cooper's old books left much to be desired. I found no fault with either. Simply a delightful read with multiple plots. I may look to additional classics in the near future.