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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790149203321

Autore

Deary Terry

Titolo

The pirate prisoner / / Terry Deary ; illustrated by Helen Flook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Education, , 2017

©2011

ISBN

1-4729-5239-1

1-280-11875-X

9786613523044

1-4081-8108-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (65 p.)

Collana

Pirate Tales

Disciplina

823.92

Soggetti

Pirates

Historical fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Pirate Prisoner; Chapter One: Sand and Slave; Chapter Two: Sugar and Scot; Chapter Three: Silence and Cells; Chapter Four: Cromwell and Killing; Chapter Five: Bars and Bread; Chapter Six: Swords and Sunset; Chapter Seven: Sunrise and Screams; Chapter Eight: Dust and Destruction; Chapter Nine: Luck and Louisiana; Epilogue

Sommario/riassunto

Nevis Island, Caribbean, 1680 Red-legs Greaves has been a slave, a pirate, and a rich sugar planter. Now he's a prisoner. And next morning, he'll be dead - hanged by the neck for piracy! His only friend is a slave girl called Lou. Can Lou do anything to save Red-legs? It would take a miracle... A fantastic story blending pirate legend with historical fact and Terry Deary 's vividly imagined characters!