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... and eight kinds of knots) and so I continue to watch, fascinated, from afar, and instead read George McDonald Fraser's The Pyrates with glee.
Hope that last paragraph was legible, it was touch and go for a while and I thought I might lose it.... ... which is supposed to be quite funny (although I haven't read them). I would recommend a stand-alone novel of his called The Pyrates, which is a spoof on pirate movies. I fould it hysterical! The first laugh-out-loud book I ever read.
I am a huge fan of Carl Hiaasen, P. G. Wodehouse ... I have a copy of George Macdonald Fraser's The Pyrates I haven't read it yet. It's one of those books I've always meant to get around to eventually reading. I got it a book sale years ago. I always thought it looked like a good book to read.
beatles1964 ... Hiassen.
I haven't noticed anybody mentioning George MacDonlad Fraser. He's famous for his Flashman series, but The Pyrates which is a stand-alone novel, is probably the first laugh-out-loud book I've ever read. It's hysterical! ... in particular Italian warfare and the condottiere. A little dry in parts.
43. Credo by Melvyn Bragg 4/5
44. The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser 4/5
Captivatingly funny but a little drawn out at the end.
45. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman 5/5
This is a ... ...
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
The Adventures of Ben Gunn R. F. Delderfield
The Privateer Josephine Tey
The Pyrates George MacDonald Fraser
Peter Pan James M. Barrie
... in getting my hands on the books, 'cause I always like to read the book for comparison.
Then I heard about the book Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser, which is a satire of the Sabatini novels. Has anyone read any of these older books? I heartily second The Big Sky by AB Guthrie and Flashman by GM Fraser - Xenalyte, thanks for the suggestion on Pyrates it sounds great. I would The Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell and especially Sharpe's Fortress, which is set in India during the Napleonic War era.
While we're on ... ... character from Tom Brown's Schooldays.
George MacDonald Fraser is one of my all-time favorite fiction writers. His The Pyrates cracks me up . . . you just gotta love a book that includes the line "'Aaaaargh,' said the captain thoughtfully."
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