Pirate Latitudes

by Michael Crichton

Overview

“Crichton’s ultimate adventure.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

 

“Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action….A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure.”
—USA Today

 

“Riveting….Great entertainment….The pages and minutes fly by.”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer

 

#1 New York Times bestselling author, the incomparable Michael Crichton (“One of the great storytellers of our age” —Newsday) takes to the high Caribbean seas for an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates, lost treasure, sword fights, duplicity, and hair-breadth escapes in the New World.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061929403
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	11/24/2009
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	439
Sales rank:	396,587
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Michael Crichton (1942—2008) was the author of the groundbreaking novels The Andromeda Strain,  The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, and Next, among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He was the director of Westworld, Coma, The Great Train Robbery and Looker, as well as the creator of ER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year.

Hometown:

Los Angeles, California

Date of Birth:

October 23, 1942

Date of Death:

November 4, 2008

Place of Birth:

Chicago, Illinois

Place of Death:

Los Angeles, California

Education:

B.A.. in Anthropology, Harvard University, 1964; M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1969

Website:

http://www.michaelcrichton.net/

What People are Saying About This

Michael Berry

“It’s not an ironic pirate novel. It’s not a pirate novel with a secret gimmick. It’s simply an entertaining tale filled with crafty privateers, despicable villains, treasure hoards, double crosses and a sea monster. Go figure.”

Bob Minzesheimer

“Pirates Latitudes has the loot: Gore, sex, action…. A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure…. History as entertainment…. Crichton has done his homework.”

Cameron Martin

“Unabashed fun.”

Benjamin Svetsky

“The plot sucks you in like the giant kraken monster that nearly sinks our hero’s galleon.”

Richard Eisenberg

“Offers unexpected turns and plenty of yo ho ho’s.”

Editorial Reviews

The plot sucks you in like the giant kraken monster that nearly sinks our hero’s galleon.

Benjamin Svetsky

A lusty, rollicking 17th century adventure…. History as entertainment…. Crichton has done his homework.

Bob Minzesheimer

It’s not an ironic pirate novel. It’s not a pirate novel with a secret gimmick. It’s simply an entertaining tale filled with crafty privateers, despicable villains, treasure hoards, double crosses and a sea monster. Go figure.

Michael Berry

Offers unexpected turns and plenty of yo ho ho’s.

Richard Eisenberg

Unabashed fun.

Cameron Martin