Corsair by Tim Severin is the first swashbuckling adventure in the
Pirate series. 1677. On a late-summer's evening, two ships lurk off
the coast of southwest Ireland. Seventeen-year-old Hector Lynch
wakes to the sound of a pistol shot as the Barbary corsairs raid
his village, and he and his sister are snatched. Separated from
each other, Hector is sold at auction in Algiers, and thrown into a
bewildering world where life is cheap and only the quick-witted
survive. In North Africa, Hector befriends fellow captive Dan, a
Miskito Indian from the Caribbean, and the two men convert to Islam
to escape the horrors of the slave barracks - only to become
victims of the deadly warfare of the Mediterranean. Serving aboard
a Turkish ship, their vessel is sunk at sea and by a savage twist
of fortune they are chained to the oar bench of a French galley.
Desperate to find his sister, Hector finally stumbles on the
chilling truth of her fate when he and Dan are shipwrecked on the
coast of Morocco.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
