The Pirate of the Mediterranean, a Tale of the Sea, by W.H.G. Kingston.
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A long book--nineteen hours--full of adventure and tense situations. I
was a bit disappointed to find that the Pirate was a Greek who preyed
mostly upon Italian, Greek and Turkish vessels in the Eastern
Mediterranean, because I had hoped that Kingston would address himself
to the problem in the previous century, where Barbary and Algerine
pirates were harrying European craft, taking their passengers prisoner
as slaves, whom they used to carry out the building works of their
cities.
Nevertheless, it is another admirable book from the pen of a great
author, and I recommend it to you.
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