Some picked out Hal's virile broad-shouldered figure and shouted unintelligible invitations to him, making their meanings plain by the lewd gestures that accompanied them" (p. With the establishment of the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, Holland was soon equal with England as king of the seas.

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The land of gold and ivory and slaves and other treasures, all waiting for a man bold enough to seek them out, and, perhaps, to perish in the endeavour. After being double-crossed, Francis and his entire crew are captured by the Dutch and the elder Courtney is executed before his son. Blood enemies from their first boyhood encounter, Manfred De La Rey and Shasa Courtney find themselves adversaries in a war of age-old savagery to seize the sword of power in their land.

As the Buzzard pulled away rapidly he came back to the stern rail, and his voice lifted above the skirling of the pipes and the whimper of the wind. A century and a half ago, by Papal Bull Inter Caetera of 25 September 1493, the Line had been drawn down the mid-Atlantic, north to south, by Pope Alexander VI to divide the world between Portugal and Spain. After being sentenced to a prison camp, the entire crew find a means escape, but only after learning the extent to the Dutch punitive measures. The uncharted land of dragons and other dreadful creatures, who ate the flesh of men, and of dark-skinned savages who also ate men’s flesh and wore their bones as decoration.After four years away from service, master mariner Sir Hal Courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage – a death or glory mission in the name of Empire and the crown.

There’s just always another fun scene of derring-do, lurid sex, or historical tidbittery lurking around the next corner.Die Story hat viele Wendungen und Entwicklungen, die den Helden und Protagonisten Hal Courtney trotz aller Widrigkeiten zum Glück und die Bösewichter ihrem gerechten Schicksal zuführen. Today the Dutchmen will come,’ he said aloud, and felt the excitement and dread throb beneath his ribs. This current was the highway upon which the Dutchmen must sail to make their westings and their landfall on the mysterious coast that still lay veiled out there in the night. While there is plenty of action in this story, the characters are often flat, unmotivated, and inconsistent. Above his plaid he wore half-armour, which gleamed in the fresh morning light, but his head was bare, his red hair and beard bushed together like a haystack, the curls dancing on the wind as though his head was on fire.