An evocation of life at sea in the 18th century which also offers comment on the nature of story-telling and the making of a myth. Translated from the Swedish by Tom Geddes.
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The true and eventful History of my Life of Liberty and Adventure as a Gentleman of Fortune and Enemy to Mankind.
What ever happened to Long John Silver, the enigmatic, treacherous and yet attractively subversive pirate whose exploits made him the anti-hero of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island? He lived out his twilight years on Madagascar, rich, one-legged and attended by a handful of devoted slaves whose freedom he had purchased in teh West Indies by inciting them to rebellion.
That he had a price on his head and the Navy out looking to bring him to justice bothered him less than the thought of posthumous obscurity. So he set down these memoirs to give his side of the story.
"A bold act of imaginative piracy" (Robert Nye The Times)
"It brilliantly conjures the wit and verve of swashbuckling classics" (Miranda France Daily Telegraph)
"A brilliant swashbuckling sequel" (David Robson Sunday Telegraph)
"It is to Larsson's credit that his version of this pirate is abounding in energy and complexity. Though he is a different man from that wrought by R.L.S., he is enthralling, charged with wit and wiles and a vivacity of speech that are entertaining and clever" (Scotland on Sunday)
"Larsson's brilliantly-coloured tapestry is worth its weight in gunpowder" (Figaro)
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Vendeur : M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. 1st Edition. First edition thus (preceded by the 1995 Swedish hardcover release) 3rd printing of an as new hardcover in an as new American priced dustjacket. I'm assuming this printing was imported to the U.S. with dustjackets showing an American price although this is the 1st British edition. The memoirs of the notorious pirate Long John Silver, translated from the Swedish by Tom Geddes. N° de réf. du vendeur 1596
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