Historic Naval Fiction The Home of Naval Fiction Set in the Age of Sail

Alone on Bartlemy's island for three empty years, and haunted by his lost Damaris, again we meet Martin Conisby when his solitude is disturbed by the landing of a handsome Spanish girl in masculine attire, and as deadly with sword or pistol as any man.

Martin Conisby, Lord Wendover, embittered by his five years of slavery on the Spanish galleon Esmeralda, escapes during a sea fight to an English ship and makes his way back to England, determined to avenge himself on Richard Brandon, who was the cause of his father's death and his own ill-treatment. Broken in body and spirit, he arrives home one night disguised as a tramp, just in time to save from the hands of robbers a beautiful girl, Lady Jane Brandon, the daughter of the man whom he has sworn to punish.

In a tavern he meets a pal, Adam Penfeather, who unfolds to him the story of Black Bartlemy, an infamous pirate, and his treasure buried on an island-- treasure of fabuous value that has been the dream and hope of roving adventurers along the Spanish Main for many years.

The treasure seekers set sail on the good ship Faithful Friend and the unique experiences of Martin and the fair Lady Jane - whose family the hero hated - as they found themselves alone on the island which contained the buried treasure. He will encounter some rogues as bloodthirsty as any pirates who ever sailed the Seven Seas, and discover love episodes that stir the emotions.

Clad in oilskins the hearty rescuers fought the lashing waves, seeing the few survivors of the wrecked ship huddled on the remaining boards, drenched by the freezing sea.

For the poor survivors brought to shore, children among them, the rescue by the brave fisherman is only a foretaste of things to come . . . for some among them will face dire risks once again at sea -- at the hands of the desperate men of Albatross Island.

Twin brothers are separated in infancy. One joins a pirate gang, the other becomes a naval officer.

With George I newly on the throne a dispossed rebel family seek to escape from the country by sea, becoming involved with Buccaneers.

A tale of the Chinese seas