Pirates! by Celia Rees7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() This is as swashbuckling a yarn as anyone could wish for.” - Adele Geras, The Guardian ![]() Bloomsbury’s characteristically stylish cover will appeal more to girls, but the title alone might draw boys to pick this one off the shelf. Rees is good at both landscape and seascape, and her lovers are touching without being sentimental. The book ends with happiness, hope and a delightful revelation. Many adventures ensue, of the kind that fans of this genre will love to read about. Bartolome the Brazilian, who is a terrific baddy and worth his weight in gold as far as this narrative is concerned. ![]() Her research is skilfully concealed so that the story reaches us clear and true, untarnished by any olde-worlde fustiness. “piracy is definitely in… Celia Rees is very good at reimagining the past in a way that doesn’t reduce it but which at the same time is devoid of the pishtushery that sometimes blights historical novels. ![]()
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