Jib Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 In your opinion, what is the finest pirate novel written? Ok, what are your faves (if you can't limit yourself)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durty Mick Moon Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Oh, most excellent topic, Jib, I be always lookin' fer a suggestions o' a good read. O' course I have ta be puttin' "Treasure Island" by Bobby Lou Stevenson (sometimes I crack meself up ) near the top o' the list...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaizoku Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Treasure Island, without a doubt as far as novels go. Although Johnny and the Starcatchers caught my by suprise, and is actually a rather good read. There are plenty of worthwhile pirate books, but novels i can't think of too many. "A merry life and a short one be my motto" Avid the PA ren faire, or live nearby? We're trying to start a club/group to do some fun things outside of the faire! www.countyerdoubloons.com/tavern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Tom Gunn Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Has anybody read "Long John Silver: The True and Eventful History of My Life of Liberty and Adventure As a Gentleman of Fortune and Enemy to Mankind" by Bjorn Larsson, Tom Geddes (Translator) ? I just ordered it from Amazon and heard it is the "unofficial" autobiography of the notorious scoundrel. So Peter and the Starcatchers was worthwhile, eh? I've passed it many a time at the olde book shoppe but never had the brass to risk reading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jib Posted November 18, 2005 Author Share Posted November 18, 2005 I believe Steinbeck wrote a novel about Henry Morgan. The Gold Cup? Anyone tried it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Blydes Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 "The Pyrates" by George McDonald Fraser is my favourate. He is the author of the "Flashman" series and wrote the screen plays for the 70's "Three", "Four" and "Return of" Musketeer movies. The Pyrates - George McDonald Fraser It's an hysterically funny book, with all the stereotype character.... the Lantern jawed Naval Officer, the sultry Spanish lady, the young blond bimbo English noble lady, the old forgetful English noblemen, the dashing Pirate leader, the nefarious rogue, the sexy African woman pirate, the foppish French pirate, the crazy pirate and a sneaky pirate.... There’s gold, tall ships, and a pirate layer.... All ripping yarn stuff. Oh ya.. and an introduction of one sentence that is several pages long. William Blydes I don't get lost, I EXPLORE! Adventures on the High Seas (refitted and back on station!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipR Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 One of me favorites is "On Stranger Tides" by Tim Powers. It's both fun and excitin' and had zombie pirates long before POTC! The book is out of print now but well worth lookin' for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbead Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 I agrees with ye whole-heartedly, Mr. Blydes re: G.M. Fraser's book! The "Flashman" books are hilarious as well and so are the "McCausland" books although I was not a big fan of Mr. American. If you enjoyed these writings then I suggest an American author by the name of Raymond Saunders. He wrote a series of books based on an American version of "Flashman" named "Fenwick Travers." I also like the Rafael Sabatini works but think that me favorite be "Captain Blood;" it was a GREAT book before it became a GREAT movie!! Blackbead "In the end, it's not the gold that sets our sails, 'Tis freedom and the promise of a better life That raises our black flags." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Blydes Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I agrees with ye whole-heartedly, Mr. Blydes re: G.M. Fraser's book! The "Flashman" books are hilarious as well and so are the "McCausland" books although I was not a big fan of Mr. American. If you enjoyed these writings then I suggest an American author by the name of Raymond Saunders. He wrote a series of books based on an American version of "Flashman" named "Fenwick Travers."Blackbead I'll have to check the Fenwick series.... There is an other Flashman book coming out soon. I'll re-read 'The Pyrates' every couple of years. Gets more funny each time. Last year I took it to faire (I was solo that day) and sat back by a tree with a mug of cider, a cigar and my feet up.... Very relaxing and entertaining day. William Blydes I don't get lost, I EXPLORE! Adventures on the High Seas (refitted and back on station!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyp The Blood Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 I with you, Blackbead. Sabatini's "Captain Blood" is both my favorite pirate novel as well as my favorite pirate film. Tho' I'll have to say I did find "On Stranger Tides" also highly enjoyable, but on a different kinda level. As a side note, on the non-fiction end, I'd have to say Frank Sherry's "Raiders and Rebels" is (for me) the most excellent linear history of piracy I've come across. Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H.L. Mencken Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. -- Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King's Pyrate Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 The Pirateround by James Nelson.....one of many fine historical, nautical fiction books by Mr. Nelson. KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PirateQueen Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Anything by James L. Nelson, including: The Marlowe Series (The Guardship, The Blackbirder, The Pirate Round) The Only Life that Mattered (formerly published as The Sweet Trade by Elizabeth Garrett, a pseuodonym)--this is the best, IMO, novelization of Anne Bonny and Mary Read I have ever come across. Also try The Requiem Shark, by Nicholas Griffin, a novel about Bartholomew Roberts from the point of view of the ship's fiddler. Melusine de la Mer "Well behaved women rarely make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Midnight Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Well, aside from Treasure Island, which is my favorite, I'd have to second Phillip's recommendation of Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides. Also, The Island, by Peter Benchley is a good read. It's set in modern times, but is definitely all about pirates. "Now then, me bullies! Would you rather do the gallows dance, and hang in chains 'til the crows pluck your eyes from your rotten skulls? Or would you feel the roll of a stout ship beneath your feet again?" ---Captain William Kidd--- (1945) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllByMeOnesies Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I've read 2-3 books in Dudley Pope's buccaneer series (Ned Yorke). No great literary prose but good stories just the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Charlotte Savvy Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 I'm with PirateQueen -- James L. Nelson's "The Only Life that Mattered" is a book I've been waiting since childhood to read. I've long since wondered why there didn't appear to be any in-depth Anne and Mary novel out there ... so when I found out about Nelson's book, I rushed out to buy it immediately. And it was worth the wait -- not only was it the Anne and Mary tale I'd been waiting for, but it's an all-around excellent piratical read. My current read is a rather amusing little book called "The Pirates in an Adventure with Ahab," a British satire that is quite Monty Python-esque (which is a definitely a good thing). Not a long read by any stretch of the imagination, but I can highly recommend it; it's hilarious. "Pirates ... were of that old breed of rover whose port lay always a little farther on, a little beyond the skyline ... if they lived riotously let it be urged in their favor that at least they lived." ~ John Masefield Those who live by the sword, get shot instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 Caribbean by James Michener..... I've only read the Pyrate parts tho.... not sure how the rest of the book is..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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