When young Maria Hallett meets the worldly Sam Bellamy and they
fall in love, the stage is set for heartbreak, a tragic betrayal,
the wreck of a fabulous pirate ship, and a fiery conclusion. Set in
colonial America and ranging from Boston to Cape Cod to the
Caribbean, The Lost Tavern, a historical fiction, encompasses in
250 pages the worlds of two lovers, pirate crews, and an evolving
New England culture of merchants, seamen, and already vanishing
Indian tribes. All of these worlds come together in one way or
another at Samuel Smith's island tavern, which was rediscovered and
excavated in the 1970's. During the excavation a shattered skull
was discovered in the basement, a detail that figures prominently
at the end of the novel.
The tale is based on the legendary escapades of the notorious
pirate, Sam Bellamy, and his relationship to his young lover, but
it employs a large canvas. While taking liberties with the legend,
the novel is true to the historical context, to pirate lore, and to
the dangers they face both on the seas and on the land.
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