The Mission, or Scenes in Africa

by Frederick Marryat

Book by Captain Frederick Marryat

Genres: Fiction, Adventure

308 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1970

About the author

Captain Frederick Marryat was a British Royal Navy officer and novelist, an early pioneer of the sea story.

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic...

Reviews

[Christopher Walker · Rating 2 out of 5]

What could have been a great story is suddenly ruined by political correctness (correct at the time of writing, that is) and descends into the worst kind of white man in Africa story. A young man ventures north from Cape Town to discover the fate of a distant relative whose boat had sunk off the African coast; he discovers quite early in the story that she didn't survive, and he feels relief that she didn't therefore bear children with the savages. How ridiculous! Sadly, there was still another half of the book to soldier on through, as the young man and his companions try to single-handedly wipe out the local fauna.

[M. Kei · Rating 1 out of 5]

I finally found a Marryat book I didn't like. This is a missionary work and his goal is to teach young people about the history of South Africa and to admire Christian missionaries.