Captain in Calico. George Fraser MacDonald

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      First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2015

      Copyright © The Estate of George MacDonald Fraser 2015

      Foreword © The Estate of George MacDonald Fraser 2015

      Map © Nicolette Caven 2015

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      Cover illustration © Sam Hadley

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Ebook Edition © September 2015 ISBN: 9780008105587

      Source ISBN: 9780008105570

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      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       A Foreword to Captain in Calico

       Map

       1. The Man From the Sea

       2. The Stratagem

       3. Sea Trap

       4. Major Penner

       5. Swords Behind The Tavern

       6. Anne Bonney

      

       7. The Amorous Invalid

      

       8. Captain Harkness Converses

      

       9. The Plotters

      

       10. The Snare

      

       11. The Quarry

      

       12. Under the Black

      

       13. The Action

      

       14. Mosquito Bank

      

       15. On the Account

      

       16. The King’s Colours

      

       17. The King’s Justice

      

       18. Kate Sampson

      

       19. The Price of Piracy

      

       20. The Passage

      

       Letters From The Archive

      

       The Flashman Papers (in Chronological Order)

      

       The Flashman Papers (in Order of Publication)

      

       About the Author

      

       Also by George MacDonald Fraser

      

       About the Publisher

       A Foreword to Captain in Calico

      The stories we loved best as children were the ones our father used to tell us on Saturday nights, when we would snuggle together under the bedcovers and wait for him to pick up from whatever cliffhanger he’d left us on the week before. The room would be lit only