The Buccaneer Coast, James L. Nelson
The Buccaneer Coast, James L. Nelson
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The Buccaneer Coast

Author: James L. Nelson

Narrator: Jason Keller

Unabridged: 16 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/07/2022


Synopsis

More than one hundred years after Columbus blundered onto Hispaniola, the West Indies are held in Spain's iron fist, and no threat to that absolute rule is tolerated. But such total control cannot last, not with the riches of an empire at stake, and French, English, and Dutch all struggle to pry open the Spanish grip. But one threat will emerge as the most dangerous of all: the buccaneers.

Camped on the shore of Hispaniola, these half-wild men eke out a living hunting the island's feral livestock. Among them, Jean-Baptiste LeBoeuf—hulking, silent, deadly with musket and blade—lives out his exile, content that no one in the hunters' camp is at all curious about his past. But when a deadly hurricane sweeps through the Caribbean, it upends the buccaneers' rough existence. And it leaves in its wake opportunity as well, a chance for a new life for LeBoeuf and his fellow hunters. This stroke of luck, however, is not all it seems, and when even greater violence is visited upon them they find themselves locked in battle with some of the most powerful and ruthless men in the Spanish Empire.

About James L. Nelson

Naval enthusiast James L. Nelson is the award-winning author of many works of fiction and nonfiction. His books include George Washington's Secret Navy, which won the Naval Order's prestigious Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and Glory in the Name, which was selected as the winner of the American Library Association's W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction. He has appeared on the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and C-SPAN's Book TV. He lives in Maine with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon on December 25, 2021

Compelled to be Read Of course this is a 5 star book as it is written by James L. Nelson and after reading all of the Norseman Saga I can say with no doubt he is genius with his writing skills. I only read this book because I worn down waiting for the next issue of Thorgrim. And I am glad to have rea......more

Goodreads review by Helen on November 17, 2021

As a long-term devotee of James L Nelson (I started with his Biddlecomb and Brethren of the Coast books years ago) I leapt at this new title – and enjoyed the exciting adventure. The characters are believable because they are complex and not predictable. They act, do, think and say things that we as......more

Goodreads review by Mary E. Ankeny on December 02, 2021

Wow! Five stars is not enough! Wonderful, excellent read. I had "buccaneer fever" from the very first page. I know nothing about the history of the Caribbean. But this book gave me a history lesson and kept me entertained as well. The characters had depth and substance. Words just flowed from page to......more

Goodreads review by Betty Berlenbach on September 16, 2021

He's done it again! Jim Nelson has lured me into this book, despite having next to no interext in the West Indies, that period of history, and the power of Spain on the high seas. I became a follower of his work, when I discovered his series on the Vikings in Ireland after a trip to Dublin a few year......more