The Ship Thieves by Sian Rees
But the cunningly resourceful Porter and nine other convicts escaped, hijacked a ship and crossed the perilous South Pacific to Chile, passing themselves off as shipwrecked mariners, until betrayal led to discovery. Sian Rees discovered Porter's astonishing long-forgotten writings, and, inspired by his charisma and his defiance in the face of authority, has retold his extraordinary story with all the brio of her enormously popular "The Floating Brothel".
'Rees has pieced together a terrific story..There is nothing about sailing and seamen she doesn't know' Sunday Telegraph 'James Porter was a light-fingered, back-chatting, cocky little cockney of the type we now call a dodgy geezer. Today he would be given an ASBO but 200 years ago the way to deal with dodgy geezers like Porter was to reel them in, ship them off, and chain them up in the worst-place-on-earth...' Sunday Telegraph 'This is a tale of triumph against a cruel and unjust penal system, of the human spirit striving for freedom whatever the cost... Sunday Telegraph 'Porter's is an engaging tale, and Rees is a skilled narrator of the travails of a group of pirates on the high seas.' Independent 'Relish this ripping, salty yarn... Rees has retold [Porter's] story with the same panache she showed with her cracking nautical bestseller, The Floating Brothel' Manchester Evening News, book of the week 'A true wind fills the sails of [Rees's] writing' Saga Magazine A delightful true story' Express
Sian Rees, author of the bestselling Floating Brothel, has a degree in History from Oxford and lives in Hastings.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845132187 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845132181 |
| Title | The Ship Thieves |
| Author | Sian Rees |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2007-01-20 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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