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Chargement... Yankee Privateer (1955)par Andre Norton
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Interesting. I read the second book first, which is about the son of this book's hero - there's a lot here I wasn't expecting. The story itself is good, a coming of age story of a young man heading out to make his own way, during these Revolutionary War - until he's pressed into service aboard a privateer. It's not at all what he was looking for, and he resents being forced into it... But over time, he finds the work and the life suit him well. They're captured, he escapes, he runs into huge problems - one (or two) of which is the oddity I mentioned, his noble English relatives. When his son runs in to problems of that sort, there's no mention of this earlier adventure - for reasons I understand, in-universe, but I'm still surprised. It's a fun book, the second book in the series adds some interesting resonances (I'll probably reread that, now with the knowledge of the first book), and I expect to read both of them again. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Andre Norton, one of America's best loved and ever-popular writers of adventure tales, presents another exciting story of men and deeds on the high seas - a thrilling chapter in America's fierce struggle for independence, when boldness and courage reaped bounties for the Yankee privateers and wreaked havoc for the British. Here is the story of a young nation, filled with the pride of freedom, bringing its war to the very shores of the mother country. This is also the story of Fitzhugh Lyon, young American scion of a powerful English family, who finds himself shanghaied aboard the Retaliation, and is suddenly thrust into the exciting life of a privateersman; of Captain Crofts, dauntless, courageous master of his ship, sailing fearlessly into the lion's mouth; of Watts, the ship's surgeon, a man of wit and culture among a rough and tumble crew; of Lieutenant Ninnes, whose bitter hatred of Fitz make them deadly enemies. How they crossed the wartime sea, fought for their lives, were captured by the British, and finally engineered a bold and clever escape from Plymouth's notorious Old Mill Prison make for topflight entertainment. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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