The legend of the Flying Dutchman in a famous gothic novel. English original edition- Maritime legend holds that a spectral ship, The Flying Dutchman, haunts the seas around the Cape of Good Hope. Philip Vanderdecken's father is the captain of that ship, condemned to sail and torment sailors until the Day of Judgement. The 'Phantom Ship' is the tale of Philip Vanderdecken's search for his cursed father and the Dutchman's ghostly crew. Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836). Mysteria A paperback and e-book series published by Intra. Global readability, Italian charm.