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 Corsair - Tim Severin
Newest Review: ... character, firstly he's an intelligent young man but also seems to have a skill for every situation. He's tall, good looking, ... more  ... quick with languages and intelligent. In truth he's everything you'd want for a hero set in the 17th century, however, he's a bit of a man out of time and is in reality a man from the 21st century living in the 17th century.
His sister Elizabeth - we don't meet her but she's mentioned through out.
Dan - A fellow prisoner befriended by Hector, he's English and very good with the pen, he tags along with Hector who finds him a place wherever they turn up.
Murat Reis - The corsair who took Hector, he's english but...more |
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Corsair - Tim Severin: Average pirate fair, more swashbuckling needed (864 words)
by - written on 09/11/09 (Very useful, 25 readings)
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Corsair by Tim Severin is a book set in the age of pirates in and around the Barbary coast, it starts off well but ultimately fizzles out. The book is set in the 17th century and tells the story of an Irishman called Hector Lynch who along with his sister is taken by a raiding moorish party and transferred to Northern Africa. Hector is an educated young man whose staying at the village for a few days, this instantly places him into a different type of prisoner compared to his fellow villagers. Its fair to say that his Irishness is largely ignored from this point and the author makes the point at the end of the novel that the raid is based on a real event in ... Read the complete review
Pirates of the Mediterranean (1600 words)
by - written on 07/07/08 (Very useful, 220 readings)
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Ever since Johnny Depp memorably took on the role of Captain Jack Sparrow, pirates have started to become fashionable again in the popular imagination. One of the many writers to jump aboard this particular bandwagon is Tim Severin with his 2007 novel "Corsair", which I recently read after enjoying his earlier "Viking" trilogy. Severin is an author of several historical non-fiction books as well as his more recent forays into fiction, and specialises in works of a nautical theme; as well as being a writer, Severin is also an explorer and traveller, and specialises in recreating historical journeys to test how accurate ancient documents, myths and oral ... Read the complete review
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