Pirate. Scott V.

The next volume of the “adventure masters” entirely belongs to one of the most popular in the 19th century the novels of Walter Scott “Pirate”. The events of this unusual book take place at the end of the 17th century on the Shytland Islands, in the northern county isolated from Scotland, where everything is imbued with Scandinavian romance and mysticism, and local residents still speak the language of their viking ancestors. Some episodes from a rather short and contradictory biography of the desperate sea thug John Gau are woven into the plot of history. Immediately after the publication, the book caused disputes, enthusiasm and indignation. Fenimore Cooper himself, having read the Pirate, decided to temporarily forget about his land spies and Indians and “answer” by the Scottish bard with his own “truly sea” novel “Lotsman”.

This edition includes a set of more than 150 illustrations for the original French edition of 1889.