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On a lush Jamaican plantation, the Bas-Thornton children live an idyllic yet precarious life in the shadow of a post-emancipation Caribbean, where old world meets new in the form of coexisting sailing ships and steamers. But when a ferocious hurricane shatters their home, their parents make the fateful decision to send them back to England. A simple journey on the merchant ship Clorinda soon turns into a nightmarish adventure when they are captured by pirates..The children find themselves abandoned on a pirate schooner, far from the safety of home and at the mercy of a motley crew. The pirates, led by the enigmatic Captain Jonsen, are a rough but strangely indifferent lot, treating the children more as peculiar stowaways than captives. As the children become entangled in the volatile and dangerous life on board, their innocence is slowly chipped away, revealing the unsettling truth about childhood and human nature..Emily, the central figure among the children, becomes particularly entwined in the strange dynamics of the pirate crew. Her complicated relationship with Captain Jonsen, whose unsettling affection veers into disturbing territory, marks her transformation. The novel takes

Who reads A high wind in Jamaica?

Author

Richard Arthur Warren Hughes

Publisher

Chatto & Windus

Published

1929

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Adventure, Historical Fiction, Historical

Rating

3.79 / 5 (6,371 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14