John Kemp, a young Kentishman fleeing trouble at home, ships for Jamaica and falls among smugglers, Cuban pirates and political plotters. In the stronghold of Rio Medio he meets Seraphina, the heiress of a great Spanish house, and their escape leads through sea fights, betrayal and a trial for piracy in London.
The best known of the collaborations between two masters of modern fiction, a first-person adventure told in looking-back reverie. Download the free EPUB.