Buccaneer: The Pirate Adventures Of Hector Lynch by Tim Severin

Sailing across the Caribbean, Hector Lynch falls into the hands of the notorious buccaneer, Captain John Coxon. Hectors two friends, Dan and Jacques, are released when Coxon mistakes Hector as the nephew of Sir Thomas Lynchthe Governor of Jamaicaan error that Hector encourages. Coxon delivers Hector to Sir Henry Morgan, a bitter enemy of Governor Lynch. The captain is expecting to curry favour with Henry Morgan but is publicly humiliated at a Christmas ball held in Morgans grand Jamaican home when it is revealed that Hector is not a member of the Governors family. From then on, Coxon seeks to revenge himself on Hector and the young seafarer finds himself on the run again. On his new journey he falls in love for the first time, gets caught in a deadly hurricane, and survives another shipwreck. Eventually he teams up again with his old friends Dan and Jacques, and the group joins an expedition along the Panama coast. Their aim is to raid one of the biggest Spanish gold mines, but their plans are soon interrupted by some angry Spaniards... and their clash has even more dramatic consequences. This 2008 Pan Macmillan Paperback is in very good condition.

ISBN: 9781405088930 SKU: 1579314 This image is of the actual book.

SKU: 1579314
Location: Fiction