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Georgette Heyer · 272 pages
The year is 1586 and 35-year-old Sir Nicholas Beauvallet (great great great grandson of Simon Beauvallet, the Coldheart) is one of the most infamous corsair of the Elizabethan era. With the blessing of the Queen, Beauvallet sails the seas with the intention of plundering any Spanish ships that come the way of the tittle "Venture". 'Mad Nicholas' to his friends, 'Scourge of Spain' to the enemy, Sir
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson · 278 pages
KIDNAPPED is an adventure story that has become the model for any thriller of escape and suspense. Set in 1751, the flight of David Balfour and Alan Breck across the Highlands of Scotland is based on real events. Though he wrote the book to make money, while living as an invalid in Bournemouth. Stevenson was proud of it; he inscribed a presentation copy with the couplet. Here is the one sound
The Pirate Queen
Ariel Lawhon · 528 pages
Grace O’Malley was born to be a sea captain. But despite her natural skill on the water, Grace learns early that her dreams of a life at the helm are not compatible with the expectations of her noble family. As the only daughter of a powerful chieftain, her role is to secure a strong alliance and bear children. But when she’s sent to foster with a nearby clan, Grace falls for a clever and open-min
Across a Moonlit Sea
Marsha Canham · 400 pages
Rescuing a man whose ship had been floundering at sea, Isabeau Spense takes aboard ruthless privateer Simon Dante, who promptly seizes command of Beau's ship and sets out to win the lovely maiden's heart and mind.
Silver
Andrew Motion · 404 pages
July, 1802. In the marshy eastern reaches of the Thames lies the Hispaniola, an inn kept by Jim Hawkins and his son. Young Jim spends his days roaming the mist-shrouded estuaries, running errands for his father and listening to his stories in the taproom; tales of adventures on the high seas, of curses, murder and revenge, black spots and buried treasure - and of a man with a wooden leg. Late one
Corsair
Tim Severin · 395 pages
Seventeen-year-old Hector Lynch and his sister Elizabeth are taken prisoner by slave catchers. Hector's life plunges into a turbulent and lawless world that is full of surprises. Separated from Elizabeth, he is sold to the slave market of Algiers. There, he survives with the help of his newfound friend Dan, a Miskito Indian from the Caribbean.
Bloody Jack
L.A. Meyer · 310 pages
Life as a ship's boy aboard HMS *Dolphin* is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of eighteenth-century London. Instead, Jacky is becoming a skilled and respected sailor as the crew pursues pirates on the high seas. There's only one problem: Jacky is a *girl*. And she will have to use every bit of her spirit, wit, a
The Dark Frigate
Charles Boardman Hawes · 247 pages
A young man dares not return to England after his ship is taken over by pirates and he becomes a member of their crew.
The Pirate Captain's Daughter
Eve Bunting · 208 pages
Upon her mother's death, fifteen-year-old Catherine puts her courage and strength to the test by disguising herself as a boy to join her father, a pirate captain, on a ship whose crew includes men who are trying to steal a treasure from him.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Avi · 235 pages
As the only passenger, and the only female, on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, thirteen-year-old Charlotte finds herself caught between a murderous captain and a mutinous crew.
Ballad of the Salt Sea: A Corto Maltese adventure
Hugo Pratt · 169 pages
Ramage & the Freebooters
Dudley Pope · 352 pages
The Tiger's Prey: A Novel of Adventure
Wilbur Smith, Tom Harper · 432 pages
The Privateersman
Andrew Wareham · 208 pages
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
C.S. Forester · 258 pages
1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command... As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of seasickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty's Navy, Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant ship in the Bay of Biscay and take command of crew and cargo, he proves his seafaring mettle on the waves. With a
The Fortunes of Captain Blood
Rafael Sabatini · 240 pages
The Golden Lion
Wilbur Smith, Giles Kristian · 402 pages
"The son of pirate and merchant Sir Frances Courtney, Henry "Hal" Courtney was raised at sea. When war broke out between the English and the Dutch empires, his father, fighting for the English crown, attacked a fleet of Dutch East India Company ships off the coast of Africa. That bravery was met with betrayal, and Sir Francis was executed. His heartbroken son witnessed his death and dedicated his
The Privateer's Revenge
Julian Stockwin · 318 pages
The Coming Storm
Rob Kidd · 134 pages
Adventure-seeking teenager Jack Sparrow has assembled a motley crew and their goal is to locate and procure the legendary Sword of Cortes.
Mutiny On The Bounty
John Boyne · 495 pages
The story of the mutiny on the Bounty told from a fresh and original perspective.December 23, 1787, Portsmouth.A 14-year-old boy, John Jacob Turnstile, has got into trouble with the police on one too many occasions and is on his way to prison when an offer is put to him - a ship has been refitted over the last few months and is about to set sail with an important mission. The boy who was expected
The King's Privateer
Dewey Lambdin · 368 pages
Pirate Freedom
Gene Wolfe · 320 pages
A young priest fresh out of seminary, Father Christopher finds himself inexplicably swept back in time to the Golden Age of Piracy, where he finds himself caught up in the life of a buccaneer and trolling the waters of the Caribbean in search of Spanish gold.
Pirates of the Levant
Arturo Perez-Reverte · 288 pages
"Alatriste is back - this time on the high seas! Accompanied by his faithful companion Inigo, the captain joins a Spanish galleon and sets sail from Naples towards the east on a journey that will take them to Melilla, Oran, and finally Malta where they must struggle against the Turk. On board they will have many adventures, including an encounter with The Moor Gurriato. Now seventeen, Inigo is sti