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George MacDonald Fraser was famed for his legendary Flashman series, featuring the incorrigible knave Harry Flashman. In the colorful standalone novel Captain in Calico, which has never been published, Fraser introduces another real-life anti-hero: Captain John Rackham, called Calico Jack," an illustrious eighteenth-century pirate who marauded the Caribbean seas.On a tranquil evening in the Bahamas, Calico Jack, long wanted on counts of piracy, makes a surprise appearance at the Governor's residence and asks for a pardon. A deal is brokered after Jack reveals the motive for turning himself in: love. When he last set sail from the Bahamas two years ago, Jack left behind a beautiful fiancée, and he hopes to win her back. But while Jack was off pirating, his beloved has become betrothed to a new man—the governor himself. It doesn't take long for this truth to come to light, and after embarking on a new romance with famous Irish pirate Anne Bonney, Jack...

Who reads Captain in Calico?

Author

George MacDonald Fraser

Publisher

Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780008105570

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Adventure, Fiction

Rating

3.31 / 5 (86 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13