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Sto caricando le informazioni... Moonraker (1927)di F. Tennyson Jesse
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1927. Jesse, journalist and author, is the grandniece of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Moonraker tells the story of Jacky Jack's adventures as cabin-boy on a pirate ship, in 1801 and 1802, from the time he was captured out at sea to the sinking of the Moonraker in the Caribbean. One of the most exciting episodes of all is the captive's experiences in San Domingo, when the ship comes on the scene of the war between the French and Toussaint l'Ouverture, the Negro liberator. The ability to unravel unusual motives behind unusual events and adventures-so brilliantly manifested in Tom Fool, finds perfect material in this story. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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The Frenchman talks Lovel into sailing to Haiti to help the Black rebel leader, Toussaint l'Ouverture who, after leading the slaves in rebellion, faces imminent capture by Bonaparte's troops...
The author knows her sailing ships, and writes quite vivid descriptions of the Caribbean scenery and the voodoo drums of San Domingo (Haiti.) The nastier events are rather glossed over quickly: "he massacred them till the sands were black with their bodies."
I felt rather unengaged through the main narrative, though the last- rather implausible, yet dramatic- chapters do hold the reader's attention! (