Flint and Silver : A Prequel to Treasure Island (CD-Audio)

from DeltaQueen50

John Drake the author of Flint and Silver says that he wrote this book in order to answer some of the questions left unanswered by Robert Louis Stevenson in his great work. Treasure Island. So for the curious, we find out how Long John Silver lost his leg, how he got his parrot and why the pirate...

from john257hopper

This is the first in a series of prequel novels to Stevenson's classic Treasure Island. As its title suggests, it is about the earlier lives of Long John Silver and his feared Captain, (Joe in this novel) Flint. Other characters from Treasure Island also make appearances here, including Billy Bon...

from wkelly42

(excerpted from my full review at pewreviews.wordpress.com) Flint and Silver is a fun book to read, with one unfortunate problem. At the beginning of the book, in an effort to provide backstory while advancing the novel's plot, Drake hops back and forth in time. We start off in 1745, then on to 1...

from publiusdb

I'm dubious about whether or not I will actually finish this. The story is not very congruent, lacks a consistently interesting narrative, and is crude and ribald....which i guess fits a description of pirates, or a piratical description. However, other than an exciting opening scene, the author ...

from magistrab

This was a very entertaining historical novel about 18th Century piracy. I especially liked the fact that the author really developed the character of Captain Flint. The book was also very well researched.