Repackaged to tie-in with hardback publication of 'The Reavers' and to appeal to a new generation of George MacDonald Fraser fans, 'The Pyrates' is a swashbuckling romp of a novel. The Pyrates is all the swashbucklers that ever were, rolled into one great Technicoloured pantomime - tall ships and desert islands, impossibly gallant adventurers and glamorous heroines, buried treasure and Black Spots, devilish Dons and ghastly dungeons, plots, duels, escapes, savage rituals, tender romance and steaming passion, all ...
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Repackaged to tie-in with hardback publication of 'The Reavers' and to appeal to a new generation of George MacDonald Fraser fans, 'The Pyrates' is a swashbuckling romp of a novel. The Pyrates is all the swashbucklers that ever were, rolled into one great Technicoloured pantomime - tall ships and desert islands, impossibly gallant adventurers and glamorous heroines, buried treasure and Black Spots, devilish Dons and ghastly dungeons, plots, duels, escapes, savage rituals, tender romance and steaming passion, all to the accompaniment of ringing steel, thunderous broadsides, sweeping film music, and the sound of cursing extras falling in the water and exchanging period dialogue. Even Hollywood buccaneers were never like this.
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Fraser must have had a wonderful time writing this hysterical historical mishmash of adventures on the high--and frequently silly--seas. If you read this in public, prepare to have people looking at you wondering what the heck is that person laughing at? Loony plot, zany characters, and yet it truly reads as genuine literature.
tikijose
Jan 25, 2013
Don't bother
Being a true lover of the Flashman series, Candlemass Road, Steel Bonnets, etc., I found this book to be too slapstick with too little substance. I would not recommend it, even to a true GMF lover.
picayune1
May 17, 2007
Typical GMF
If you've read Flashman this has nothing new to offer. Same old same old. Mildly amusing, some good characterization, slightly titillating, all amounts to a very light read that would have been better if it was 100 pages shorter.
