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The man who saved Henry Morgan : a novel / Robert Hough.

by Hough, Robert, 1963-

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House of Anansi Press Inc., c2015.

Morgan, Henry, 1635?-1688 -- Fiction.

Governors -- Jamaica -- Fiction.

Buccaneers -- Fiction.

Caribbean Area -- Fiction.

Port Royal (Jamaica) -- Fiction.

Jamaica -- Fiction.

9781770899452 (trade pbk.)

342 p. ; 21 cm.

The Sisters Brothers meets Master and Commander in Robert Hough's rollicking and raucous new historical novel. The year is 1664, and Benny Wand, a young thief and board game hustler, is arrested in London for illegal gaming. Deported to the city of Port Royal, Jamaica, known as "the wickedest city on earth," Wand is forced by his depleted circumstances to join a raid on the Spanish city of Villahermosa. The mission is a perilous success, and Wand attracts the attention of the mission's leader, an up-and-coming Welsh seaman, Captain Henry Morgan, whose raids on Spanish strongholds are funded by the British government. While embarking on a campaign in the Caribbean, Wand and Morgan develop an unlikely friendship through a shared love of chess. As Morgan is corrupted by his increasingly sordid attacks on Spanish cities, he slowly becomes Wand's greatest enemy. To defeat his former ally, Wand embarks on a strategic battle of wits and must help Morgan in the most savage and unexpected way possible.

Biographical fiction.

Historical fiction.

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