The Pirate Devlin by Mark Keating

Patrick Devlin is only young but already he has chalked up more suffering than most of us experience in a lifetime. He ends his youth as servant to an RN Captain whose ship is captured by pirates whom he joins. With the knowledge of navigation that he picked whilst serving in the RN ship he advances through the pirate ranks until he is Captain. Loads of punch-ups and cunning plans lead to his crew sailing off with a chest full of French gold. One could almost imagine Errol Flynne in the lead role or perhaps these days Russell Crowe. Just the thing for a sunny day, a swimming pool and a bottle of vino. Or should that be Jamaica Rum? Yo Ho!