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What does power cost a man who wants wealth, rank, and command?
In Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, Cyrus Townsend Brady places a bold, calculating sea raider at the center of an adventure on the Spanish Main. Henry Morgan wants more than treasure. His fierce ambition drives a story where leadership, wealth, and power are bound together.
Around him lie the Caribbean coasts and waters of Spanish America, where gold and silver move toward Europe. English, French, and Dutch raiders hunt Spanish treasure. Real raids give the plot its backbone, while Morgan’s hunger for command raises a harder question: what is the price of ruthless ambition?
What you’ll discover
- The Spanish Main Enter a world of rich Spanish colonies, treasure routes, and raiders hungry for their share.
- A calculating captain Meet Henry Morgan, a Welsh-born leader whose boldness serves his appetite for wealth and rank.
- Command under pressure Explore the force of a commander able to hold hundreds of men together under hard conditions.
- History shaped into adventure Follow a sea tale that draws its backbone from Morgan’s real raids on Spanish power.
- The price of ambition Look beyond the promise of treasure to the question of what winning power costs.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this if you love sea battles, pirate crews, tangled loyalties and old-fashioned romance on the Spanish Main, told with plenty of action and a strong moral line.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A governor with ten minutes to escape
- An old crew gathers in the dark
- The King's frigate is stolen in the night
- A galleon taken by trick and blast
- A mutiny, a storm and a wreck
- Two lovers bound by honor
- Captives on the road to La Guayra
- A captain caught between love and duty
- What the book says about cruelty and reckoning
Who’s who
- Sir Henry MorganAn old buccaneer and acting governor of Jamaica who takes a king's frigate to sea and wants Mercedes de Lara as his queen.
- Benjamin HornigoldThe one-eyed boatswain who serves Morgan while hiding a long, bitter plan for revenge over his hanged brother.
- Captain Dominique AlvaradoA young Spanish soldier of unknown birth, raised by the Viceroy, who loves Mercedes and is bound by honor.
- Mercedes de LaraThe Viceroy's daughter, called the Pearl of Caracas, who loves Alvarado and will not marry another.
- Count Alvaro de LaraThe proud Viceroy of Venezuela, who has raised Alvarado and arranged his daughter's betrothal.
- TeachA young, reckless singer among the buccaneers, loyal to Morgan and bold in every fight.
- Raveneau de LussanA well-born French officer of the crew, polite in manner and as cruel as any in the band.
- Don Felipe de TobarA wealthy young gentleman, Alvarado's close friend, betrothed to Mercedes by her father.
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Sir Henry Morgan, il bucaniere
by Cyrus Townsend Brady · 1903
An old knight with ten minutes to live free burns his own house and takes a king's frigate to sea.
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What does a knight of England do when the king who honored him is dead and the new king sends soldiers to arrest him? In Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, Cyrus Townsend Brady gives an old pirate ten minutes to decide.
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A governor with ten minutes to escape
The story opens in Jamaica in 1685. Sir Henry Morgan, once the most feared buccaneer of the Caribbean, is now acting governor, and his wife has just died upstairs. Brady paints him as thin, cruel and fearless, a man who looks out of place in his fine clothes.
Two officers, Hawxherst and Bradley, arrive with an order for his arrest. King Charles is dead, King James rules, and the new governor wants Morgan sent to England. Hawxherst gives Morgan ten minutes to decide whether to surrender. Morgan smashes a decanter on Hawxherst's head, makes young Bradley call off the guard, and leaves the house burning behind him.
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What is Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer about?
It is an adventure novel about an old pirate knight who steals a king's frigate in Jamaica, captures a Spanish treasure ship, and attacks the town of La Guayra, while a Spanish soldier and his beloved fight to stop him.
Is Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer a true story?
Morgan was a real buccaneer who became a knight and governor of Jamaica. The author says in his preface that this tale is imagined, though it draws on documented deeds, and that Morgan's real crimes were worse.
Who are Hornigold and Black Dog?
Hornigold is Morgan's one-eyed boatswain, who hides a plan of revenge. Black Dog, also called Carib, is Morgan's silent servant and bodyguard, loyal to him through every danger.
The author
Cyrus Townsend Brady
1861–1920 · American historical novelist
Cyrus Townsend Brady (1861–1920) was an American writer and Episcopal clergyman. He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and died in Yonkers, New York. He wrote historical novels, biographies, and books about American history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His novels include Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer and A Little Traitor to the South.
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