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The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists

The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists

by Gideon Defoe (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

    $4.19
Synopsis

Just make sure we've got plenty of hams on board. I didn't really enjoy our last adventure much because we ran out of hams about halfway through. And what's my motto? I like ham! It is 1837, and for the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain and his rag-tag pirate crew, life on the high seas has gotten a little dull. With nothing to do but twiddle their hooks and lounge aimlessly on tropical beaches, the Captain decides it's time they had an adventure. A surprisingly successful boat raid leads them to the young Charles Darwin, in desperate need of their help. And so the pirates set forth for London in a bid to save the scientist from the evil machinations of a diabolical Bishop. There they encounter grisly murder, vanishing ladies, the Elephant Man - and have an exciting trip to the zoo.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 05 Jan 2012
ISBN 10: 1408824957
ISBN 13: 9781408824955
Book Overview: Now a major motion picture from Aardman Animations and Sony Picture

Media Reviews
'A timber-shivering adventure that speaks to the pirate in all of us' * Ben Schott *
'A short, deliriously funny novel about incredibly stupid pirates and ham ... I've had to grow a luxuriant beard to conceal the grin that's been compromising my dignity since I read it' * Ardal O'Hanlon *
'Hilarious. Destined to become a classic of pirate comic fiction' * Eric Idle *
`Gideon Defoe definitively puts the Ho ho! - and, indeed, the Yo! - into pirating * Caitlin Moran *
Author Bio
Gideon Defoe was born in 1975 and lives in London. He is also the author of The Pirates! In An Adventure with Moby Dick, The Pirates! In An Adventure with Communists, and The Pirates! In An Adventure with Napoleon. You could be forgiven for thinking he is a bit of a one-trick pony.