Attention, pirates in sight! "All the Gold of the Brave" is an 18th century pirate adventure. Departing from the West Indies, we will follow the constitution of a crew that must leave for a hunting party to guarantee the financial future of each of the crew members.
Clifford Jackman is a Canadian author (the novel is translated from English). He portrays the atmosphere on board with many details about the organization of this community which lives in autarky on board. Widely documented, this book goes into detail about the procedures that governed life on a sailboat at that time.
Like all pirate stories, this one's not going to go as planned. After the loss of the captain, the epic gradually turns into hell. The pirate mugs who will try to take power and all the betrayals or other solutions to keep order and rules in place give an interesting charm to this reading. A tale where one does not hesitate to throw a man overboard if he refuses to submit to the rules..
One can imagine the hours taken by the author to document and transcribe in great detail all the rules in place. With "Tout l'or des braves" the reader becomes a pirate and sails on the frigate La Compagnie in the hope of getting rich. Prepare to embark?
All the brave - Clifford Jackman
- Paulsen Edition
- 15 x 21 cm
- 480 pages
- 23.00 euros
