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Pirate latitudes [sound recording] / Michael Crichton.

Summary:

The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease - or by dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself. With backing from a powerful ally, Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer El Trinidad, along with its fortune in Spanish gold. The raid is as perilous as the bloodiest tales of island legend, and Hunter will lose more than one man before he even sets foot on foreign shores, where dense jungle and the firepower of Spanish infantry stand between him and the treasure...

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780061930256
  • ISBN: 0061930253
  • ISBN: 9780062046765
  • ISBN: 0062046764
  • ISBN: 9781440767272
  • ISBN: 1440767270
  • Physical Description: 8 audio discs (9 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Harper Audio, 2009.

Content descriptions

Participant or Performer Note:
Read by John Bedford Lloyd.
Subject:
Pirates > Fiction.
Ship captains > Fiction.
Hijacking of ships > Fiction.
Jamaica > Fiction.
Caribbean Area > History > 17th century > Fiction.
Audiobooks.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Sea stories.
Adventure fiction.
Audiobooks.

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  • 27 of 29 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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Marion Library AUDIO CD CRI (Text) 37810434968987 Adult Audiobook Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library CDBOOK CRICHTON (Text) 39493106562228 Adult Audiobook Available -
Alleghany Public Library CD (Text) 30664100304275 Adult Audiobook Available -
Andrews Public Library CD F CRI (Text) 80605000689777 Adult Audiobook Fiction Checked out 08/14/2026
BHM Headquarters Library COMPACT DISC FIC (Text) 38344101336905 Adult Audiobook Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library CD FIC Crichton (Text) 540191002476484 Adult Audiobook Available -
Cliffdale Library BOOK CD F CRICHTON (Text) 31781050689510 Adult Audiobook Checked out 08/11/2026
Eden Library BOCD Red (Text) 31554009273219 Adult Audiobook Available -
Haynes Branch Library CD F Cri (Text) 38801101743844 Adult Audiobook Available -
High Point Library CDB-8 FIC Crichton Michael (Text) 30519008570320 Adult Audiobook Fiction Available -