Jacob Faithful and The Mission Author:Captain Frederick Marryat 1896. Marryat, English novelist who began writing after a distinguished career in the British Navy. This volume contains Jacob Faithful, which is the first of a trio of novels which Captain Marryat wrote in the course of the year 1834, the other two being Mr. Midshipman Easy and Japhet in Search of a Father, and The Mission; or, Scenes in Africa... more ». See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.« less