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When a sea voyage ends on a strange shore, courage and trust become matters of survival.
In Peak's Island: A Romance of Buccaneer Days, Anna W. Ford Piper brings love and danger into the world of pirates and sailing ships. A sea voyage, shipwreck, and a mysterious island frame an adventure in which people must rely on one another to endure.
The sea offers no easy passage, and the island offers no familiar comforts. Survival puts courage to the test, while romance brings another kind of uncertainty. Here, the title's promise of romance means both adventure and love: danger draws people together, and trust matters when the shore is strange.
What you’ll discover
- The sea as a challenge Enter a world where dangerous waters make every voyage a test of courage.
- Survival on unfamiliar shores Follow people facing the sudden needs and uncertainty that come with shipwreck.
- Love under pressure Discover romance set against danger, where people must depend on one another.
- An island of secrets Explore the appeal of a mysterious isle in the world of buccaneers.
- Old-fashioned adventure and courage Find a sea tale that brings endurance, love, and danger into the same story.
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You will love this book if you enjoy castles with secrets, shipwreck and survival, old-fashioned romance, gentle heroines who act with courage, and friendship between women.
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- A happy girl at the manor loses everyone
- A stranger's child gives Anna a reason to live
- Strangers settle into a castle full of pirate treasure
- A dying stranger brings news and a mystery
- A wild woman and a hidden dungeon
- Chosen family, quiet courage, and kindness that softens bitter hearts
- How the story is told: verse, wonders and a warm voice
Who’s who
- Anna VyvyanAn English heiress, strong, musical and kind, she loses her family and finds purpose in caring for a stranger's child.
- Ada CarletonA frail, gentle Virginian wife and mother who hides her grief, searches for her missing husband and keeps a cheerful home.
- CoraAda's small daughter, tender and quick, who speaks in baby words and loves everyone who needs comfort.
- RalphA young Virginian composer who washes ashore ill, longing to share his music with his twin brother.
- LouisitaA fierce Spanish woman who lives in a mound with her cows, blaming men and drink for her losses.
- Cecil VyvyanAnna's gentle cousin from India, a painter and poet whom she loves from childhood.
- Dr. StricklandCecil's Scottish tutor, who teaches his pupil that real bravery means serving others.
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La isla de Peak: una novela de los días de los bucaneros
An heiress washes ashore among the dead and finds a lost child, a pirate castle and a woman with a sword.
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Picture a beach strewn with wreckage and bodies. It is September 1607, and a gale has smashed two ships against the rocks.
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A happy girl at the manor loses everyone
Anna Vyvyan grows up in an old manor house on the border of Wales. Her father, an officer in Queen Elizabeth's navy, dies in royal service when she is very small. Her mother, a rich and gifted widow, turns away every suitor and gives her life to her daughter. Music is Anna's passion. She plays the church organ and the harpsichord, and outdoors she wonders what key the wind and the brook sing in.
When her cousin Cecil Vyvyan arrives from India, he is a thin, pale boy with a Scottish tutor named Dr. Strickland. Anna is strong and fearless. Cecil is gentle and dislikes cruel sport. Dr. Strickland gives the boy six reasons why love for others calls for courage. Cecil learns that courage can be quiet, and he leans on his cousin's strength. He paints, she sings, and they meet daily beside a small fountain. By twenty, the two are deeply in love.
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Piper, Anna W. Ford. Peak's Island: A Romance of Buccaneer Days. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/peaks-island-a-romance-of-buccaneer-days.
Piper, A. W. F. (2026). Peak's Island: A romance of buccaneer days. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/peaks-island-a-romance-of-buccaneer-days
Piper, Anna W. Ford. Peak's Island: A Romance of Buccaneer Days. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/peaks-island-a-romance-of-buccaneer-days.
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What is Peak's Island about?
It follows Anna Vyvyan, an English heiress shipwrecked in 1607 on a forested island. She saves Mrs. Ada Carleton and her small daughter Cora, and the three make a home in an old castle full of buccaneer treasure.
Who is Louisita in Peak's Island?
Louisita is a Spanish woman who lives alone in a mound on the island. Once a lady's maid to Donna Inez, she tells the shipwrecked women the castle's history and blames men for her sorrows.
Is Peak's Island a true story?
It is a romance, a work of fiction, though it uses real settings such as 1607, the colony of Virginia and the age of buccaneers. It mentions figures like Orlando Gibbons and Captain John Smith only in passing.
The author
Anna W. Ford Piper
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Anna W. Ford Piper wrote Peak's Island as a romance of the early colonial and buccaneer age and dedicated it to Cora Caroline Clifford, a young relation or friend. Her book shows a deep interest in music, verse, sea lore and the northern New England coast, as well as a firm belief in kindness, duty and faith.
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