Tom Cringle's Log: Michael ScottNo collection of nautical fiction would be complete without the inclusion of Tom Cringle's Log, a novel that together with the works of Marryat became a cornerstone of the genre on its publication some 150 years ago. Told in an irresistible and immediate style, the story follows the life of young midshipman Tom Cringle: his imprisonment in occupied Germany by Napoleon's forces, his West Indian cruise on the Torch, a British man of war, his daring