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Original Title:	Pirate Latitudes
ISBN:	0061929379 (ISBN13: 9780061929373)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Captain Charles Hunter, Sir James Almont, Anne Sharpe, Cazalla, Sanson, Lazue, Lady Sarah Almont, Robert Hacklett
Setting:	Port Royal,1665(Jamaica) Jamaica

Pirate Latitudes Hardcover | Pages: 312 pages

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Jamaica in 1665 is a rough outpost of the English crown, a minor colony holding out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, Jamaica′s capital, a cut-throat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses, is devoid of London′s luxuries; life here can end swiftly with dysentery or a dagger in your back. But for Captain Charles Hunter it is a life that can also lead to riches, if he abides by the island′s code. In the name of His Majesty King Charles II of England, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking. And law in the New World is made by those who take it into their hands. Word in port is that the Spanish treasure galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is stalled in nearby Matanceros harbor awaiting repairs. Heavily fortified, the impregnable Spanish outpost is guarded by the blood-swiller Cazalla, a favorite commander of King Philip IV himself. With the governor′s backing, Hunter assembles a roughneck crew to infiltrate the enemy island and commandeer the galleon, along with its fortune in Spanish gold. The raid is as perilous as the bloody legends of Matanceros suggest, and Hunter will lose more than one man before he finds himself on the island′s shores, where dense jungle and the firepower of Spanish infantry are all that stand between him and the treasure. With the help of his cunning crew, Hunter hijacks El Trinidad and escapes the deadly clutches of Cazalla, leaving plenty of carnage in his wake. But his troubles have just begun. . . .

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Title	:	Pirate Latitudes
Author	:	Michael Crichton
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 312 pages
Published	:	November 24th 2009 by Harper
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Adventure. Pirates

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So as a Crichton fan even I will admit that this book is somewhat overstuffed. A Kraken?!! Really?!! Because it's a short book stuffed with so much peril some of the more dangerous elements were perhaps too easy to overcome. Still I was entertained.

Pirate Latitudes by Micheal Crichton, published a year after his death, is a romp. It is full of swashbuckling action and completely familiar characters. There is a bold captain, who is either a privateer or a pirate; several fair and comely maidens of high birth and low; and a band of adventurers each with special skills and powers.The rough and tumble hero, Captain Charles Hunter, sets off to capture a Spanish galleon laden with treasure, at anchor under the guns of an impregnable fortress.He

First off, I have to say this is only my second Crichton novel. I read Jurassic Park back when the movie came out but haven't felt like reading anything else by him since. That being said, I enjoyed Pirate Latitudes. The novel does have its shortcomings but you have to wonder if this is because it wasn't truly finished. It's hard to say. This book was found on Crichton's computer after his death so it's possible that this wasn't the intended finished product. I liked it though and I'm curious to

I've always been a Crichton fan, and just couldn't pass up the opportunity to read his take on pirates. This, Crichton's final book, was discovered among his affects after his untimely death in 2008, and HarperCollins published it essentially as they found it.When a Spanish treasure galleon, separated from its convoy near Jamaica, is sighted taking refuge in the bay of the impenetrable Spanish fortress of Monteceros, the Governor of Port Royal commissions a ship of pirates to assault the

I quite liked this book, or at least the outline of the book that was published. You can definitely tell that this was an outline of a book, instead of an actual book. Although there are a couple of interesting characters, they are not really expanded on at all, and the story consists of one major action piece after another, without the usual level of detail devoted to each that you would expect. Also, there is a major plot development when the main character returns to Port Royal that is

I have seen many reviews critical of this book, but I thought it was a great adventure with interesting characters and twists. Perhaps people are critical of the fact that this is unlike Crichton's other titles, but much like Eaters of the Dead and The Great Train Robbery; it is great, well researched historical fiction. (Note: between Latitudes, Eaters, and Train Robbery, I liked this one the best)

Pirates! Huzzah! What could possibly ruin a rollicking, randy, riotous pirate adventure?...Plenty. Crichton died before this was published and in all likelihood he wasn't finished with it. I would like to think that if he'd lived he would have worked on this more, rounded out the characters, twisted up the plot a bit, and run it through the edit mill a few times before handing it off to the publisher. I mean there are some passages towards the end that are on the very edge of not making any