The Phantom Ship

Résumé

"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.)