Pirate Latitudes Unabridged CD
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (948 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061930253 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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“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.
It is, of all things, a pirate novel. Crime fans will enjoy the caper-novel structure and the way the author keeps them on their toes. Pirate fans will love the book for its flashy characters and historical authenticity. Don’t expect to see Jack Sparrow in this story of pirates of the Caribbean, though: Crichton doesn’t play his pirates for laughs. This new novel, found in manuscript form among his papers, will come as a bit of a surprise to many of his fans. --David Pitt . From Booklist *Starred Review* Crichton, who died in 2008, was known primarily for such high-tech thrillers as Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain. If this really is Crichton’s final book, it’s a splendid send-off: something new, different, and daring. All the key caper-novel elements are here:
Shiver Me Timbers Robert P Gelms Shiver Your WHAT?By Bob Gelms You know how sometimes you get a gift you had no idea was coming? It's a gift you didn’t know you wanted. The surprise gift turns out to be wonderful, exciting, and it gives you an enormous amount of pleasure, you know? Well that’s what happened to the publishing world and a giant number of readers in 2009.Michael Crichton had a literary gift far too often nonexistent in a lot of writers. He was, first and foremost, a teller of stories. He could t. S.L.H. said Not Sabatini, but a good attempt. This was written after Chrichton's death, so I'm assuming that was the reason for my disappointment with it. It ends abruptly and the wrap up at the end seems like it was added by someone else.The writing was fine and I enjoyed the characters. The novel was well-researched though the ship and crew must have experienced every pirate cliche in this novel. That's not to say that their experiences weren't enjoyable. There were clever escapes and fights, brawls and duels enough. If you want to. Cannon said Excellent read, authentically presented.. A well researched work of fiction, Pirate Latitudes breezes through a story of piracy and revenge without bogging down in the tedium that some historical fiction can stumble into, and that is a very good thing. Set in Jamaica and the surrounding Caribbean, PL roots itself in the town of Port Royal with well drawn characters whose motivations and objectives are tinged with nobleness and greed all at the same time. The story moves at a nice pace: a pseudo legitimate privateer raid, capture