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Birds of prey

Title
Birds of prey / Wilbur Smith.
Author
Smith, Wilbur A.
Publication
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.

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Description
554 p.; 25 cm
Summary
A 17th century tale of piracy starring Sir Francis Courtney and his son, Hal, privateers licensed by the English king to raid Dutch ships off Africa. They grow rich abducting wealthy men and women, but one day are captured and sold into slavery. By the author of River God.
Subject
  • Courtney family (Fictitious characters) > Fiction
  • Hijacking of ships > Fiction
  • Seafaring life > Fiction
  • Pirates > Fiction
  • South Africa > History > To 1836 > Fiction
  • Indian Ocean > Fiction
Genre/Form
Sea fiction.
Note
  • "A Thomas Dunne book."
  • Colored map on endpapers.
Call Number
JFE 13-9009
ISBN
  • 0312157916
  • 9780312157913
LCCN
97008192
OCLC
36548911
Author
Smith, Wilbur A.
Title
Birds of prey / Wilbur Smith.
Imprint
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Research Call Number
JFE 13-9009
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