1718: Puppeteer John Chandagnac has set sail for Jamaica to recover his stolen inheritance, when his ship is seized by pirates. Offered the choice to join the crew, or be killed where he stands, he decides that a pirate's life is better than none at all. Now known as Jack Shandy, this apprentice buccaneer soon learns to handle a mainsail and wield a cutlass - only to discover he is now a subject of a Caribbean pirate empire ruled by one Edward Thatch, better known as Blackbeard. A practitioner of voodoo, Blackbeard is building an army of the living and the dead, to voyage together to dreamlike lands where the Fountain of Youth awaits...
| ISBN: | 9781848875128 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 2011 |
| Author: | Tim Powers |
| Publisher: | Corvus an imprint of Atlantic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 405 pages |
| Primary Genre | Fiction |
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1718: Puppeteer John Chandagnac has set sail for Jamaica to recover his stolen inheritance, when his ship is seized by pirates. Offered the choice to join the crew, or be killed where he stands, he decides that a pirate's life is better than none at all. Now known as Jack Shandy, this apprentice buccaneer soon learns to handle a mainsail and wield a cutlass - only to discover he is now a subject of a Caribbean pirate empire ruled by one Edward Thatch, better known as Blackbeard. A practitioner of voodoo, Blackbeard is building an army of the living and the dead, to voyage together to dreamlike lands where the Fountain of Youth awaits...
On Stranger Tides features in the following genres: Fiction, Action Adventure, eBooks of the Month, Recommendations
On Stranger Tides is available in Paperback
On Stranger Tides was written by Tim Powers and published by Corvus an imprint of Atlantic Books
On Stranger Tides has 405 pages
£16.19
