AOS Pirate Fiction
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When doing research for historic naval fiction books to add to this site I often find ones about pirates. Some of these may be of interest to naval fiction fans so I am adding them to this index. If you are interested in purchasing any, and direct links are not provided from the book, please visit and search the online stores. |
Sir Henry Morgan, The Buccaneer
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- By Edward Howard
A fictionalised biography of the Buccaneer Sir Henry Morgan. (Fist published after the authors death)
Corsair
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- By Tim Severin
Book 1: The Pirate Adventures of Hector Lynch
1677, on a late summer's evening, two ships lurk off the coast of southwest Ireland. They are Barbary corsairs from North Africa, slave catchers. As soon as it is dark, their landing parties row ashore to raid a small fishing village - on the hunt for fresh prey... In the village, seventeen-year-old Hector Lynch wakes to the sound of a pistol shot. Moments later, he and his sister Elizabeth are taken prisoner.
Buccaneer
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- By Tim Severin
Book 2: The Pirate Adventures of Hector Lynch
Sailing across the Caribbean, Hector Lynch falls into the hands of the notorious buccaneer, Captain John Coxon. Hector's two friends, Dan and Jacques, are released when Coxon mistakes Hector as the nephew of Sir Thomas Lynch the Governor of Jamaica - an error that Hector encourages. Coxon delivers Hector to Sir Henry Morgan, a bitter enemy of Governor Lynch.
Sea Robber
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- By Tim Severin
Book 3: The Pirate Adventures of Hector Lynch
Hector Lynch follows his quest for the young Spanish woman, Maria, with whom he has fallen in love. His search takes him and his friends on a nightmare passage around Cape Horn where they come across a small warship entombed on an icefloe, her only crew two skeletons - the captain frozen to death in his cabin and a dog. The corpse is the long-missing brother of a local Spanish governor in Peru.
Jack Holborn
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- By Leon Garfield
Orphan Jack Holborn stows away on a ship, little guessing the terrifying ghosts and adventures galore that lie ahead on the high seas. Before long, he finds himself caught up in the middle of a mystery surrounding his long-lost mother, but before he can discover the truth, he has to survive a quest through an eerie African jungle for a famous diamond, worth more than Jack's wildest dreams.
Yard-Arm For A Gallows
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- By John Emlyn Edwards
It is 1721 and England is at war with Spain. Piracy and adventure in the Caribbean.