Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Top 10 pirate books

Justin Somper is the bestselling author of the Vampirates books.

At the Guardian, he named a top ten list of pirate books.

One book on the list:
Pirates! by Celia Rees (2009)

A novel for teenagers and, frankly, the rest of us, by one of the finest storytellers around. Rees recounts the story of Nancy Kingston and Minerva Sharp – two young fugitives from strikingly different backgrounds who join a pirate ship and embark on a wild life at sea. A book that manages to be both swashbuckling and intelligent at the same time.
Read about another entry on the list.

Also see John Mullan's list of ten of the best pirates in fiction.

--Marshal Zeringue