- Paperback: 278 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (21 Sep 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099524600
- ISBN-13: 978-0099524601
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,755,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It is the 1650's and Spain considers the Caribbean to be its own private sea. But England, Holland and France conspire to battle for freedom on the oceans set in days littered with the plunder of piracy. Ned Yorke, a loyal Royalist living in Barbados has a small vessel and devoted crew and together they sail, hunted by Roundheads and Spaniards, determined to pay whatever the price for freedom from tyranny. What transpires is a colourful, dramatic retelling of historical events surrounding the capture of Jamaica and the infamous raid on Santiago.
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Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope was born in 1925 into an ancient Cornish seafaring family. He joined the Merchant Navy at the age of sixteen and spent much of his early life at sea. He was torpedoed during the Second World War and his resulting spinal injuries plagues him for the rest of his life. Towards the end of the war he turned to jouralism becoming the Naval and Defence Correspondent for the London Evening News. Encouraged by Hornblower creator CS Forester, he began writing fiction using his own experiences in the Navy and his extensive historical reseacrh as a basis. In 1965 he wrote 'Ramage', the first of his highly successful series of novels following the exploits of the heroic Lord Nicholas Ramage during the Napoleonic Wars. He continued to live aboard boats whenever possible and this was where he wrote the majority of his novels. Dudley Pope died in 1997 aged seventy one. 'The first and still favourite rival to Hornblower' - Daily Mirror
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If your a fan of naval fiction history books, this is worth a read but don't expect the depth of character you would find in Capt Jack Aubrey, or Richard Bolitho. It reads more like an infeasable series of lucky events rather than a swashbuckling actioner. Entertaining but not much to think about.
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4 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Good introduction to the Genre
22 Dec 1999
Format:Hardcover
I really enjoyed this book which I beleive is the first in a series. I had never read a (Pirate) novel and enjoyed the Barbados setting.
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