![]() ![]() The captain, Charles Hunter, is a daring adventurer who doesn't take no for an answer, though he has a mighty opponent in the Spaniard known as Cazalla, who commands the fort the pirates must subdue in order to take home the treasure. ![]() It builds on an actual event in maritime records, when a crew of English pirates out of the Caribbean port of Port Royal attacked a fortress on a Spanish island in order to plunder - I like that word, and it's what pirates do, they plunder - a ship filled with new world treasure. Here's Alan Cheuse with a review of Michael Crichton's "Pirate Latitudes."ĪLAN CHEUSE: I just want to stand up and shout a hearty yo-ho-ho because this novel is great entertainment without ever becoming bad history. It's set in the Caribbean in the mid-17th century, and it's about pirates. Last year, when the best-selling writer Michael Crichton died, he left behind a completed novel. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. ![]()
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