Friday, April 20, 2018

The Privateer by Josephine Tey (Pan, 1967)

Thanks to the Green Shed, where I found this one:


The thrilling, swashbuckling story of Henry Morgan...
A freed bondsman, he captured his first Spanish ship with eleven men.
He became the scourge of Spain from the West Indies to Panama. 
He found romance but the sea always called him back to new, ever more daring adventures. 
Set against the stirring background of 300 years ago when dashing privateers risked their lives for treasure and conquest, this exciting book by a famous historical novelist is compellingly readable... vividly alive.

Ahhhrrr!  Buckle me swash, and set me mainsails!  It's a "based on a true story" historical novel, which means most of the people are real, and some of the events, but it's all highly romanticised.  The author, by the way, is better known for her mysteries than for her historical romances!  And a warning—some of the attitudes in this book are not politically correct by modern standards, and may even cause offence.

(The cover looks a bit strange in this scan because a previous owner had covered the book in plastic, and I couldn't remove it without damaging the cover.)


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