Long John Silver

Björn Larsson, Tom Geddes

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Harvill
15 January 2000

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical adventure

'Larsson has created a vast, gross and compelling tale of one of literature's most intriguing antiheroes' - Daily Express

The true and eventful History of my Life of Liberty and Adventure as a Gentleman of Fortune and Enemy to Mankind.

What ever happened to Long John Silver, the enigmatic, treacherous and yet attractively subversive pirate whose exploits made him the anti-hero of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island? He lived out his twilight years on Madagascar, rich, one-legged and attended by a handful of devoted slaves whose freedom he had purchased in the West Indies by inciting them to rebellion.

That he had a price on his head and the Navy out looking to bring him to justice bothered him less than the thought of posthumous obscurity. So he set down these memoirs to give his side of the story.

By: Björn Larsson
Translated by: Tom Geddes
Imprint: Harvill
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 277g
ISBN: 9781860465383
ISBN 10: 1860465382
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 15 January 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Long John Silver

The charismatic anti-hero of Treasure Island is skilfully resurrected to recount the true and eventful history of his life. Secure in his hidden Madagascan fortress Silver fondly addresses his last testament of piracy's golden age. Larsson captures his roguish voice and manipulative, self-serving character with brilliance as this intelligent swashbuckling epic follows Silver's journey from honest sailor to savage pirate. The impossibly harsh conditions that drove men to piracy are as vividly described as the cruelties the Brotherhood inflict upon the high seas. Only a really good writer could get away with using, 'Ah, Jim lad' and convince. (Kirkus UK)