F. C. Armstrong
BiographyF. C. (Francis Claudius) Armstrong (1802–1872) is a man about which little is known except, according to HistoricNavalFiction.com, that he was born in the Isle of Man, possibly served as a captain in the Sardinian Navy, and later in life lived in Kidwelly, Wales. To these scant tidbits of biographical information we can add that he wrote a dozen or so nautically-themed novels and that he is sometimes confused with Frances Charlotte Armstrong (1838–1930), another author who also listed herself as “F. C. Armstrong” and whose name comes up first when you run an Internet search for “F. C. Armstrong.”
It’s a doggone shame when people who created something worthwhile, something that will last essentially forever to be enjoyed by other people, are themselves forgotten and fade into anonymity. If anyone has more information about this author, please contact us and share that information so we can, in turn, share it with the world.
Bibliography (wildly incomplete)
The Sailor Hero; or, The Frigate and the Lugger (1861)