Impressment -- Fiction

Novels exploring the forced enlistment of sailors into military service, typically depicting the hardships and injustices faced by pressed men.

1 Book 24 min read

Summaries

The Adventures of Roderick Random

Smollett, T. (Tobias)

A young Scottish gentleman, disowned by his family after a secret marriage, navigates the pitfalls of 18th-century British society through a picaresque series of adventures involving education, love, naval service, and social climbing before achieving fortune and reuniting with his lost love.

Impressment -- Fiction 24 min