num_pages: 304
description: George MacDonald Fraser was famed for his legendary Flashman series featuring the incorrigible knave Harry Flashman. In the colorful standalone novel Captain in Calico  which has never been published Fraser introduces another real-life Captain John Rackham called Calico Jack an illustrious eighteenth-century pirate who marauded the Caribbean seas.On a tranquil evening in the Bahamas Calico Jack long wanted on counts of piracy makes a surprise appearance at the Governors residence and asks for a pardon. A deal is brokered after Jack reveals the motive for turning himself love. When he last set sail from the Bahamas two years ago Jack left behind a beautiful fiance and he hopes to win her back. But while Jack was off pirating his beloved has become betrothed to a new manthe governor himself. It doesnt take long for this truth to come to light and after embarking on a new romance with famous Irish pirate Anne Bonney Jack is quickly transformed back into a thieving captain in calico.With his trademark picaresque style Fraser draws readers into the wild west of the British empire where black sails prowl the waters and redemption can be found in the most unexpected places.
language: English
title: Captain in Calico
publisher: Mysterious Press