Pirate Latitudes
A Novel
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4.1 • 728 Ratings
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- $13.99
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Publisher Description
“Crichton’s ultimate adventure.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action….A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure.”
—USA Today
“Riveting….Great entertainment….The pages and minutes fly by.”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer
#1 New York Times bestselling author, the incomparable Michael Crichton (“One of the great storytellers of our age” —Newsday) takes to the high Caribbean seas for an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates, lost treasure, sword fights, duplicity, and hair-breadth escapes in the New World.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Crichton s posthumously published novel, Capt. Charles Hunter leads a lovable gang of pirates in a raid on a Spanish ship loaded with gold off the coast of Jamaica. Hunter s determination must contend with a host of rapacious cannibals, hurricanes, sea monsters, simmering mutiny, and capture by sadistic Spaniards. Crichton draws on every pirate clich in the book, refreshing and reanimating them with heady atmosphere, crackling dialogue, and an endearing hero all of which are brought to life by John Bedford Lloyd, who excels at accents and colorful personalities. Lloyd s deep and controlled voice projects energy and excitement, and steers clear of caricature. A Harper hardcover.
Customer Reviews
Great read!
Very captivating, love this author!
Pirate Latatudes
Loved it. MC never fails to entertain.
Reads like a draft.
To much of the book feels like an outline of ideas with intentions to expand on in a later revision. I still enjoyed it.