Title The king's corsair / René Guillot ; illustrated by Pierre Rousseau ; translated by Geoffrey Trease

Published London : Oxford University Press, 1954

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Description 221 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm Summary In the dare-devil days of the buccaneers, when there were as many pirates upon the seas as highwaymen upon the roads, it was sixteen-year-old Luke the Whaler who earned the title of "King's Corsair." With a rascally crew and a stolen ship, he sailed out of Dunkirk harbour one morning to seek a golden fortune to fill the coffers of Louis the Fourteenth Notes CBC select list 1963 First published in French under title: Luc la baleine, corsaire du roi. Paris : Librairie Delagrave, 1952 Audience For children Subject Pirates -- Juvenile fiction. Sailors -- France -- Juvenile fiction. Sea stories -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Fiction. Author Rousseau, Pierre. Trease, Geoffrey, 1909-1998.

Other Titles Luc la baleine, corsaire du roi. English

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