Freebooter
Reeks: Pirate
Tim Severin
- Freebooter
- by
- Tim
- Severin
- is
- the
- fifth
- swashbuckling
- adventure
- in
- the
- Pirate
- series.Hector
- Lynch,
- wanted
- by
- the
- authorities
- in
- London
- for
- piracy,
- has
- come
- to
- St
- Mary's
- Island,
- near
- Madagascar,
- on
- his
- search
- for
- the
- elusive
- Libertalia
- -
- a
- settlement
- where
- it
- is
- said
- that
- all
- are
- allowed
- to
- live
- freely.Here,
- he
- meets
- Captain
- Henry
- Avery,
- captain
- of
- the
- freebooter
- Fancy,
- which
- is
- sailing
- north
- through
- the
- Indian
- Ocean
- in
- search
- of
- a
- huge
- haul
- of
- gold.
- Avery
- requires
- a
- navigator,
- and
- persuades
- Hector
- and
- his
- friends
- Jacques
- and
- Jezreel
- to
- join
- the
- voyage,
- with
- the
- promise
- that
- they
- should
- be
- free
- to
- leave
- if
- they
- come
- across
- the
- fabled
- Libertalia
- on
- their
- travels.Although
- Hector
- is
- reluctant
- to
- return
- once
- more
- to
- a
- life
- of
- piracy,
- his
- desperation
- to
- find
- a
- place
- he
- can
- finally
- settle
- with
- his
- wife
- Maria
- draws
- him
- in.
- The
- Fancy
- joins
- forces
- with
- other
- notorious
- pirate
- ships,
- including
- Thomas
- Tew's
- Amity,
- and
- as
- they
- sail
- up
- through
- the
- Arabian
- Sea,
- they
- encounter
- a
- convoy
- of
- the
- Grand
- Mogul's
- ships,
- including
- the
- Ganj-i-Sawa'i,
- the
- 'Exceeding
- Treasure',
- laden
- with
- riches.
- Soon,
- Hector
- finds
- himself
- caught
- up
- in
- one
- of
- the
- most
- deadly
- plunders
- in
- history
- .
- . .
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