num_pages: 300
description: In England's budding silent-film industry megalomaniac Randolph Fflytte is king. At the request of Scotland Yard Mary Russell is dispatched to investigate rumors of criminal activities. At Lisbon rehearsals for Pirate King based on Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance thirteen blond-haired blue-eyed actresses meet the real buccaneers Fflytte has recruited to provide authenticity. But when the crew embarks for Morocco and the actual filming troubles escalate.
language: English
title: Pirate King
publisher: Bantam Books