Buccaneer
Sequel to Corsair
by Tim Severin
Two years on from the stunning events started in Corsair (also
reviewed on this site) Hector Lynch and his new friends have arrived in the Caribbean in a ship they found in
West Africa with her crew all dead. This is the heyday of piracy, and soon they have fallen into the hands of
pirate Captain Coxon. Hector soon gets to visit Port Royal and meets Henry Morgan, falls in with a new friend in
prize fighter Jezreel and is off on more thrilling adventures.
There aren’t enough books about pirates considering how popular they always are. If, like this reviewer, you
are hoping for a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film to sail into view, at least you can read this while
you wait. Raids, shipwrecks on desert islands, life aboard a pirate vessel, sea battles and the joys of good
comradeship are the themes of this book and they make for good reading. There is always something going on, and
although Severin does not prettify matters this is, like Corsair, essentially an upbeat book. It is easy to
see the appeal of the pirate life, and how it appealed to a very wide range of different people as a career option
in a time not noted for legality. This is not a book that features many women, any more than the first in the
series did, but there are a few in realistic situations. It is not another book about famous pirates like Henry
Morgan either, but concentrates on the fictional adventures of its hero instead and goes about solidly delivering
the goods. Whatever you want in a pirate adventure yarn, you will probably find it in here. Highly recommended. |
The Book |
Macmillan UK |
7 March 2008 |
Hardback |
1405088907 / 9781405088909 |
Historical Adventure / 1679, Caribbean |
More at Amazon.com
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Excerpt |
NOTE: Not yet up on Amazon US site |
The Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2008 |
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