The Pirate

A facsimile copy of an early imprint, difficult to read so I bought a Kindle edition, much better for my old eyes. Tale is excellent for anyone with an interest in the Orkney Islands but a bit convoluted and the plot solution is a rather compressed at the end of the story. Gets better towards its end.

First volume was pretty boring. Second Volume was better but not good enough to bring up my rating. Any book that has Pirate in it's title needs a lot more adventure than this book brings.

"Scott's buccaneers in "The Pirate" are admirable, but they lack something human which we find here [in Treasure Island]." --Through the Magic Door, p. 264

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Las espectrales islas Shetland, en pleno mar del Norte, parecen el refugio ideal para dos hombres que huyen de su pasado. Mertoun y Cleveland, dos náufragos, uno de la vida y el otro del mar, encuentran en esa tierra la más franca hospitalidad y las costumbres más salvajes.

Fecha de publicación: 1947
Editorial Espasa Calpe Argentina
408 páginas
Series: Colección Austral (volumen 466)
Tercera edición