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Masterworks of Adventure #1
Pirates: 7 Classic Tales: Treasure Island, The Black Corsair, The Sea-Hawk, Captain Blood, Black Bartlemy's Treasure and more!
Swashbuckling action from the Barbary Coast to the Spanish Main!. 7 classic tales by bestselling authors that have enthralled readers for generations:
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
A voyage for buried treasure spells trouble for cabin boy Jim Hawkins, who finds himself in the middle of a mutiny with some of the nastiest pirates to ever sail the seven seas. The pirate adventure that defined the genre and considered by many to be the most popular pirate story ever written in English!
Emilio Salgari's The Black Corsair
An Italian nobleman turns pirate to avenge the murder of his brothers. His foe: an old Flemish army officer named Van Guld, now the Governor of Maracaibo. The Corsair is relentless, vowing never to rest until he has killed the traitor and all those that bear his name. To help him in his quest, the Black Corsair enlists the greatest pirates of his time: L'Ollonais, Michael the Basque, and a young Welshman named Henry Morgan...One of the world's first pirate classics!
Rafael Sabatini's The Sea Hawk
Oliver Tressilian, a Cornish gentleman who helped the English defeat the Spanish Armada, is betrayed by his ruthless half-brother Lionel and seeks refuge in the Middle East, where he becomes Sakr el-Bahr, the Sea Hawk, the greatest of all Barbary pirates. If you loved the Errol Flynn movie, you'll be happy to discover that the book is even better!
Rafael Sabatini's Captain Blood
England, 1680. Peter Blood, an Irish physician and soldier, is wrongly convicted of treason and sentenced to indentured slavery in the Caribbean. He escapes and becomes the most feared pirate captain on the Spanish Main, but all the glory of his adventures cannot help him, for the woman he loves cannot love a thief and pirate. How will Blood redeem himself in her eyes? Fate, it seems, will lend a hand…!
Jeffrey Farnol's Black Bartlemy's Treasure and Martin Conisby's Vengeance
A two-part epic tale of treasure, love and vengeance. Martin Conisby, enslaved for five years on a Spanish galleon, escapes during a battle and makes his way back to England, determined to avenge himself on Richard Brandon, the man who caused his father's death and orchestrated his imprisonment. In a tavern he meets Adam Penfeather and learns of Black Bartlemy, an infamous pirate who had amassed a fabulous treasure - a treasure hidden on an island in the Spanish Main. For Martin it's the means to vengeance. But the journey won't be an easy one... The Count of Monte Cristo, Robinson Crusoe, and Treasure Island all in one!
Robert E. Howard's Black Vulmea's Vengeance, a short pirate tale written for the pulps, brimming with all the action you'd expect from the creator of Conan the Barbarian.
If you're a fan of old-school adventure filled with enormous treasures, epic battles, vengeance, romance and tons of swashbuckling action, reading this collection is a great way to spend several Sunday afternoons. These are not the free versions you can find online: all original maps and drawings have been included with each work, and the language has been edited for the modern reader.
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
A voyage for buried treasure spells trouble for cabin boy Jim Hawkins, who finds himself in the middle of a mutiny with some of the nastiest pirates to ever sail the seven seas. The pirate adventure that defined the genre and considered by many to be the most popular pirate story ever written in English!
Emilio Salgari's The Black Corsair
An Italian nobleman turns pirate to avenge the murder of his brothers. His foe: an old Flemish army officer named Van Guld, now the Governor of Maracaibo. The Corsair is relentless, vowing never to rest until he has killed the traitor and all those that bear his name. To help him in his quest, the Black Corsair enlists the greatest pirates of his time: L'Ollonais, Michael the Basque, and a young Welshman named Henry Morgan...One of the world's first pirate classics!
Rafael Sabatini's The Sea Hawk
Oliver Tressilian, a Cornish gentleman who helped the English defeat the Spanish Armada, is betrayed by his ruthless half-brother Lionel and seeks refuge in the Middle East, where he becomes Sakr el-Bahr, the Sea Hawk, the greatest of all Barbary pirates. If you loved the Errol Flynn movie, you'll be happy to discover that the book is even better!
Rafael Sabatini's Captain Blood
England, 1680. Peter Blood, an Irish physician and soldier, is wrongly convicted of treason and sentenced to indentured slavery in the Caribbean. He escapes and becomes the most feared pirate captain on the Spanish Main, but all the glory of his adventures cannot help him, for the woman he loves cannot love a thief and pirate. How will Blood redeem himself in her eyes? Fate, it seems, will lend a hand…!
Jeffrey Farnol's Black Bartlemy's Treasure and Martin Conisby's Vengeance
A two-part epic tale of treasure, love and vengeance. Martin Conisby, enslaved for five years on a Spanish galleon, escapes during a battle and makes his way back to England, determined to avenge himself on Richard Brandon, the man who caused his father's death and orchestrated his imprisonment. In a tavern he meets Adam Penfeather and learns of Black Bartlemy, an infamous pirate who had amassed a fabulous treasure - a treasure hidden on an island in the Spanish Main. For Martin it's the means to vengeance. But the journey won't be an easy one... The Count of Monte Cristo, Robinson Crusoe, and Treasure Island all in one!
Robert E. Howard's Black Vulmea's Vengeance, a short pirate tale written for the pulps, brimming with all the action you'd expect from the creator of Conan the Barbarian.
If you're a fan of old-school adventure filled with enormous treasures, epic battles, vengeance, romance and tons of swashbuckling action, reading this collection is a great way to spend several Sunday afternoons. These are not the free versions you can find online: all original maps and drawings have been included with each work, and the language has been edited for the modern reader.
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Published February 2, 2016
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Robert Louis Stevenson
6,912 books6,971 followersRobert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.
Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon.
Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon.
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November 12, 2016
A fine collection of old classics! I particularly enjoyed The Sea-Hawk!
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