Tim Severin - Privateer - Paperback Book

Tim Severin

PrivateerAuthor(s): Tim Severin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom\nImprint: Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9781509888740, 978-1509888740\nSynopsis\nPrivateer by Tim Severin is the fourth swashbuckling adventure in the Pirate series.\n\nHector Lynch and his companions are in the Caribbean, diving to plunder a wreck on the notorious Vipers reef, when they are spotted by a passing Spanish ship. To prevent news of their activities getting out, they cripple the Spanish vessel by burning her sails - an act of piracy - and then head for their base in Tortuga. There Hector's wife Maria awaits, for she and Hector are planning a better life for themselves - this time on the right side of the law.\n\nBut a chance encounter at sea means that Hector and his comrades run afoul of Laurens de Graff - renowned swashbuckling mercenary captain - now in command of a royal French frigate. Slipping from de Graff's clutches, Hector and his friends are cast away on the tiny desert island, Sa.