The big book of swashbuckling adventure : classic tales of dashing heroes, dastardly villains, and daring escapes

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A compendium of tales inspired by the classic rogue pirate archetype includes selections from the works of 20 forefront writers, including Alexandre Dumas, Arthur Conan Doyle and Zorro creator Johnston McCulley.

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ISBN:

9781605986500

Edition:

First Pegasus Books edition

Description:

x, 475 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Contents:

Sword and mitre / Rafael Sabatini
The sin of the Bishop of Modenstein / Anthony Hope
Pirates' gold / H. Bedford Jones
The queen's rose / Sidney Levett-Yeats
Cheerly o and cheerly o / by Jeffery Farnol
Seúnor Zorro pays a visit / Johnston McCulley
How the brigadier played for a kingdom / Arthur Conan Doyle
Robin Hood meets Guy of Gisborne / Pierce Egan
The buccaneer's last shot / Farnham Bishop
White plume on the mountain / Alexandre Dumas
The King of Spain's will / John Bloundelle-Burton
The cabaret de la liberté / Baroness Orczy
The bride of Jagannath / Harold Lamb
The pirate sea / Lilian Nicholson
Captain Blood's dilemma / Rafael Sabatini
Crillon's stake / Stanley J. Weyman
The black death / Marion Polk Angellotti
The fight for Black Bartlemy's treasure / Jeffery Farnol

Control Number:

1158166

Other Authors:

Ellsworth, Lawrence

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