The Wreck of the Corsaire
Gelesen von Steven Seitel
William Clark Russell
(4,233 Sterne; 30 Bewertungen)
This book was published in 1897. When cabin passenger Mr. Catesby climbs into the rigging of the Ruby in search of cooler air, he is struck full in the face and chest by an errant seabird bearing a sealed tin box tied about its neck. What he finds in that box leads him to unexpected encounters with a wrecked ship, chests of gold, thirst, desperation, and some curiously courteous cutlass-carrying cutthroats (sorry). It projects a rather different take on the familiar bloodstained swashbuckling sea story. - Summary by Steven Seitel (2 hr 14 min)
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silly tale
elm
(3 Sterne)
starting with the vacuous party of rich people a ship sailing to India through this preposterous interaction with a sea bird with a message around its neck the sect was protagonist shows himself to be basically a witless fool and then the story ends not worth reading
Book written for 12 year olds
Dr. Dijkstra
(3 Sterne)
Writer did not think the story through. I did like the writing style and reader was sufficient. Pick an other book.