Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

No Pirates Nowadays and Other Stories: Three Nautical Tales

10 Anmeldelser

3.9

Længde
1T 38M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Romaner

3 previously unpublished short stories by the great Patrick O’Brian – Noughts and Crosses, Two’s Company and No Pirates Nowadays.

Noughts and Crosses: When Sullivan and Ross decide to go shark fishing among the atolls of the Great Barrier Reef little do they know what awaits them. With their schooner beached for cleaning they take a small whaler out to sea, but when the very devil of a storm turns the whole of the sea white, it drives them to the nearest atoll for shelter. It is only when they set out once again that they discover the seas are now filled with sharks, driven to a bloodlust by the smell of their butchered fellows that clings to the whaler. Becalmed and surrounded by the world's most fearsome predators, Sullivan and Ross discover that the hunters have become the hunted.

Two’s Company: The lighthouse was one of the most lonely in the world, guarding a dangerous reef in the cold northern seas. It therefore seemed a good idea to Sullivan and Ross that they both be its keepers; after all, two's company. But long months of isolation and boredom can test even the stoutest of friendships. So when a great storm deposits the carcass of a huge whale on the rocks, attracting to it flocks of hungry seabirds and packs of deadly sharks, and later the arrival of two unexpected guests, it provides the two friends with a welcome distraction from their tedium. Yet as the months drag on, they find that there is only so long that man can live in peace with his fellow.

No Pirates Nowadays: As their schooner inches through the dense yellow fog of the northern Pacific, Ross is beginning to regret agreeing to Sullivan's latest plan. Their search for the island of Sakhalien, to hunt for precious sea-otters, is leading them nowhere. The appearance of a fellow ship should be cause to lift their mood, yet the captain and swarthy Malay crew of the Santa Maria leave Ross feeling all the more uneasy. But when their paths cross once again it is Sullivan's nephew, Derrick, who has good cause to doubt that there are no pirates nowadays.

© 2014 HarperCollins (Lydbog): 9780008116996

Release date

Lydbog: 4. december 2014

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Beasts Royal: Twelve Tales of Adventure Patrick O’Brian
  2. Captain in Calico George MacDonald Fraser
  3. Captain Blood: A Radio Dramatization Rafael Sabatini
  4. The Golden Ocean Patrick O’Brian
  5. Flashman George MacDonald Fraser
  6. The Silk Tree Julian Stockwin
  7. Gallows Thief Bernard Cornwell
  8. Relentless Pursuit Alexander Kent
  9. Mr American George MacDonald Fraser
  10. The Talisman of Troy Valerio Massimo Manfredi
  11. Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers and Marooners of the Spanish Main; From the Writing and Pictures of Howard Pyle Howard Pyle
  12. The French Prize James L. Nelson
  13. Master and Commander Patrick O’Brian
  14. The Powder of Death Julian Stockwin
  15. A Close Run Thing Allan Mallinson
  16. Fools and Mortals: A Novel Bernard Cornwell
  17. Gallows Thief Bernard Cornwell
  18. The Colonial Post-Captain Chris Durbin
  19. Warrior Allan Mallinson
  20. Percival Keene: A Riveting Tale of Maritime Adventure and Moral Dilemmas Frederick Marryat
  21. Give Me Back My Legions!: A Novel of Ancient Rome Harry Turtledove
  22. The Only Life That Mattered: The Short and Merry Lives of Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Calico Jack Rackham James L. Nelson
  23. The Pillars of Rome Jack Ludlow
  24. To The Strongest: 'Terrific series' Conn Iggulden Robert Fabbri
  25. Caveat Emptor: A Novel of the Roman Empire Ruth Downie
  26. The Deadliest Sin The Medieval Murderers
  27. Knightfall: The Infinite Deep: The Infinite Deep David B. Coe
  28. The King’s Gambit John Maddox Roberts
  29. Slave to Fortune D.J. Munro
  30. A Broken Land Jack Ludlow
  31. Plague Child Peter Ransley
  32. Manassas James Reasoner
  33. The Silver Wolf J. C. Harvey
  34. City of Vengeance D. V. Bishop
  35. The Invention of Fire: A Novel Bruce Holsinger
  36. By the Mast Divided David Donachie
  37. The Bull Slayer: A Plinius Secundus Mystery Bruce Macbain
  38. The Roots of Betrayal James Forrester
  39. Silence & Lies (A Short Story): A Throne of the Caesars Story Harry Sidebottom
  40. Blown Off Course David Donachie
  41. The Burning Sky Jack Ludlow
  42. The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon Alexandre Dumas
  43. A Burnable Book Bruce Holsinger
  44. The Sands of Ammon Valerio Massimo Manfredi
  45. Fortune's Favorite Colleen McCullough
  46. The Fifth Queen: The Fifth Queen, Privy Seal, and The Fifth Queen Crowned Ford Madox Ford
  47. Hannibal's Foe: Book One in the Republic of Rome Trilogy Edward Green

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet