An historical novel set in the 1670s,about Henry Pelham,a graduate of Caius College,Cambridge,who becomes a Buccaneer in the Caribbean. Book cover by Kenneth Clarke.
A Buccaneer' is a novel set in the 17th century,about Henry Pelham, a graduate of Caius College,Cambridge who becomes a buccaneer in the Caribbean,after living through the Great Plague and serving in the Army of Louis XIV.He joins Henry Morgan in the piratical attack on Panama and wins the heart of the beautiful Dona Teresa after a five handed duel.They then escape to Cornwall with Spanish gold.It is an historical,adventure novel with strong undertones of romance and is written in the style of Louis le Golif(known also as 'Borgnefesse'-One Buttock),who was a buccaneer on the Spanish Main in the 1670s.