The Sea Hawk is a seafaring adventure set at the end of the sixteenth century. A retired Cornish gentleman is betrayed by his jealous half-brother and ends up a slave on a Spanish galley. He is freed by Barbary pirates and he joins their crew,...
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The Sea Hawk is a seafaring adventure set at the end of the sixteenth century. A retired Cornish gentleman is betrayed by his jealous half-brother and ends up a slave on a Spanish galley. He is freed by Barbary pirates and he joins their crew, swearing vengeance on his brother. The pirates name him "Sakr-el-Bahr": the hawk of the sea
Title; Contents; Note; PART I - SIR OLIVER TRESSILIAN; Chapter I - The Huckster; Chapter II - Rosamund; Chapter III - The Forge; Chapter IV - The Intervener; Chapter V - The Buckler; Chapter VI - Jasper Leigh; Chapter VII - Trepanned; Chapter VIII - The Spaniard; PART II - SAKR-EL-BAHR; Chapter I - The Captive; Chapter II - The Renegade; Chapter III - Homeward Bound; Chapter IV - The Raid; Chapter V - The Lion of the Faith; Chapter VI - The Convert; Chapter VII - Marzak-Ben-Asad; Chapter VIII - Mother and Son; Chapter IX - Competitors; Chapter X - The Slave-Market; Chapter XI - The Truth
Chapter XII - The Subtlety of FenzilehChapter XIII - In the Sight of Allah; Chapter XIV - The Sign; Chapter XV - The Voyage; Chapter XVI - The Pannier; Chapter XVII - The Dupe; Chapter XVIII - Sheik Mat; Chapter XIX - The Mutineers; Chapter XX - The Messenger; Chapter XXI - Moriturus; Chapter XXII - The Surrender; Chapter XXIII - The Heathen Creed; Chapter XXIV - The Judges; Chapter XXV - The Advocate; Chapter XXVI - The Judgment;