The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon
A Novel
Published on 19. May 2009
192 pages
978-0-307-37826-2 (ISBN)
Description
After adventures with Charles Darwin, Captain Ahab, and Karl Marx, The Pirate Captain faces off against his toughest-though not his biggest-challenge yet: Napoleon Bonaparte.
Bruised from a crushing disappointment at the Pirate of the Year Awards, the Pirate Captain decides that it's time for a career change. Before long, his loyal crew, much to their dismay, find themselves en route to St. Helena, a bleak speck of an island a thousand miles from anywhere. But the Captain's plan for a quiet life rearing bees is interrupted by the arrival of another visitor to the island-the recently deposed Napoleon Bonaparte. Is the island's twenty-eight mile circumference big enough to contain two of history's greatest egos? Has the Pirate Captain finally met his match? And who has the best hat? Once again, Gideon Defoe has given us an exciting, swashbuckling tale of lavish tea parties, planning regulations, and raw political ambition.
Bruised from a crushing disappointment at the Pirate of the Year Awards, the Pirate Captain decides that it's time for a career change. Before long, his loyal crew, much to their dismay, find themselves en route to St. Helena, a bleak speck of an island a thousand miles from anywhere. But the Captain's plan for a quiet life rearing bees is interrupted by the arrival of another visitor to the island-the recently deposed Napoleon Bonaparte. Is the island's twenty-eight mile circumference big enough to contain two of history's greatest egos? Has the Pirate Captain finally met his match? And who has the best hat? Once again, Gideon Defoe has given us an exciting, swashbuckling tale of lavish tea parties, planning regulations, and raw political ambition.
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Gideon Defoe is the author of The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, The Pirates! In An Adventure With Ahab and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists. You could be forgiven for thinking that he is a bit of a one-trick pony. He lives in London.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books By This Author
- Title Page
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - ON FIRE AT A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR
- Chapter 2 - BY SLEDGE AND DOG OVER THE POLAR SEA
- Chapter 3 - NO SURRENDER - THE END OF HILL SQUADRON
- Chapter 4 - UNDER BRAZIL BY SUBMARINE
- Chapter 5 - HEROES OF THE MYSTERY SHIPS
- Chapter 6 - SEVENTEEN WAYS TO BREAK MY HEART
- Chapter 7 - DATELINE: MURDERING!
- Chapter 8 - SNAKES AMOK!
- Chapter 9 - THE HORROR OF FANG VALLEY
- Chapter 10 - PERIL IN CRAB CITY
- Chapter 11 - SUBSTATION ALPHA MUST BE DESTROYED!
- Chapter 12 - CREATURE PARADE!
- Chapter 13 - CRASHING ZEPPELINS FOR A LIVING
- Chapter 14 - ANKLE-DEEP IN SHARKS
- Chapter 15 - AN APPOINTMENT WITH STABBING!
- Chapter 16 - LOST IN THE SNOWS OF TERROR
- Copyright
