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THE EARLY COURTNEYS DUOLOGY. 1. BIRDS OF PREY. 2. MONSOON. 2 VOLUME SET by Smith, Wilbur
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Book description: Pan, (London, 1997, 2000).. 774 pp, 949 pp, paperbacks - 2 volumes. Map endpaper, cover art by Syd Brak. 1. It is 1667 and the mighty naval war between the Dutch and the English still rages. Sir Francis Courtney and his son Hal, in their fighting caravel, are on patrol off . Southern Africa, lying in wait for a galleon of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with spices, timber and gold... 2. It is the dawn of the eighteenth century. At the farthest edges of the known world, the might East Indi. a Trading Company suffers catastrophic losses from pirates on the high seas. After four years away from service, master mariner Sir Hal Courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage - a death or glory mission in the name of Empire . a n d the Crown..." Interiors - previous owners name and bookplate stamp on first page of vol. 2, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exteriors - light edgewear, two tiny pin pricks to front cover of vol. 1, spines flat wi. th f ai n t creases. VG.
- Bookseller: Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 8855
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Pan, (London, 1997, 2000).
- Keywords: Wilbur Smith, Courtneys, South Africa, Dutch, English, Naval wars, Sir Francis Courtney, Hal, Caravels, East India Company, Pirates, Sailing, Age of sail, Adventure.
- Subjects:
FICTION / Historical;
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