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The Braver Thing

Auteur(s): Clifford Jackman
Narrateur(s): Patrick Garrow
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 From the acclaimed author of The Winter Family, a swash-buckling adventure from piracy's Golden Age and a deft political allegory for our troubled times. Treasure Island meets Lord of the Flies.

In 1721, when the most notorious pirates are either dead or on the run, Jimmy Kavanagh, who sailed with Blackbeard, decides to pull together a "Company of Gentleman of Fortune" for one last "Adventuring Cruise" that will set them all up for life. All begins well: the pirates sail across the Atlantic and sack Cape Coast Castle, looting it of chests of gold ill-gotten from the slave trade. But before Kavanagh can lead them on, he sickens, unleashing a drastic series of power struggles among the company. As further victories transform them from the hunters to the hunted, the pirates descend into mutiny, show trials, assassination and tyranny as they flee from their pursuers and struggle against the seas.

Full of epic sea battles and storms, peopled with characters worthy of Mutiny on the Bounty, Jackman's pirate voyage is also an object lesson in how political systems degrade as the pirates, who set out as a band of brothers, are powerless to prevent the erosion of the norms and values that hold their Company together. Where they end will shock you. But given our own times, it might not surprise you. Fiction de genre Historique Roman policier Fiction Aventure Pirate Suspense

Ce que les critiques en disent

“The Braver Thing delivers enough lively incident to satisfy the most jaded appetite for skulduggery on the high seas.” —The Stratford Beacon Herald

“Swashbuckling adventure ahoy! Treasure Island meets Lord of the Flies in this seafaring story of pirates, plundered loot and mutiny that is both a high-stakes story of piracy’s golden age and a political allegory for our times.” —The Globe and Mail

“Five years after his acclaimed debut, The Winter Family—the Giller Prize-listed and Governor General Literary Award finalist is back with another bloody adventure of historical fiction that rings true to his masterful meditation on human nature, fractured societies and crumbling leadership.” —Guelph Today
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A tale of pirates a tale of woe conspiracies and adventure galore. Well thought out but had trouble keeping all the characters straight.

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I really enjoyed this jaw dropping, shocking yet very realistic story about what pirate life might have been like. It showed the deeper side of a time in history and the men who loved and died for the sea. The narration was poignantly done with care to humanize each of the colourful characters that came and went.
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Great story and incredible narration

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No holds barred adventure on the open seas in the 18th century with an underlying theme of the importance of integrity. Brilluantly read.

A Test of values on the open sea

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