The Pyrates

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The Pyrates is a comedic novel by George MacDonald Fraser, published in 1983. Written in arch, ironic style and containing a great deal of deliberate anachronism, it traces the adventures of a classic hero (Captain Avery), multiple damsels in distress, and a classic anti-hero (Colonel Blood) who is loosely modelled from the historical figure Thomas Blood. The action (and it is 400 pages of continuous action) travels from England to Madagascar to various Caribbean ports of call in the Spanish Main.

The book is completely unrelated to the 1991 movie Pyrates starring Kevin Bacon.

Fraser is best known as the author of the series of comedic novels the Flashman Papers.

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