In the name of His Majesty King Charles II of England, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it.
But for a daring soul like Captain Edward Hunter, this wild outpost in the New World can also lead to great fortune, if he abides by the island's code.
In this steamy climate, life can end swiftly by dysentery - or dagger. Devoid of London's luxuries, Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. A remote colony of the English crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Finally, while the conclusion to the first Pirates of the Caribbean film is both predictable and campy, the ending chapters of Pirate Latitudes are sure to surprise readers.PIRATE LATITUDES by Michael Crichton - FIRST EDITION BOOK See all titles by Michael Crichton.ĭiscovered among Crichton's files after his passing last fall, Pirate Latitudes is an adventure tale unlike anything Crichton readers have seen before. Crichton does not gloss over the slavery, addiction and brutality of colonial Jamaica, nor does he endow his characters with abilities beyond their training or station in life. Also, Crichton’s portrayal of Port Royal and its inhabitants is far more grounded in reality than Disney’s portrayal.
Yes, there is a kraken, but no cursed gold or living dead. The novel is a great read, with plenty of adventure and humor, but fewer of the fantastical elements from Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. The late Michael Crichton had thirteen of his novels made into films Pirate Latitudes is no exception, with Steven Spielberg already committed to direct it. Together they set out from Jamaica on an epic adventure battling a sea monster, the weather, the dreaded Spanish commander, Cazalla, and each other for both riches and their very lives. He gathers a crew like no other: a far-sighted female pirate, a mute Moor, a French assassin, an English barber-surgeon, and a Sephardic Jew skilled in explosives. It is as if the fates have placed it there, for only one man has the skill and daring to try to capture it: Captain Charles Hunter, a Puritan-born scholar from Boston turned Caribbean privateer. The year is 1665, and a Spanish treasure ship sits alone in a fortified Caribbean cove.
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