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The Pirate's Daughter | 
 enlarge | Author: Margaret Cezair-thompson
Publisher: Headline Review
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 501
Media: Paperback
Pages: 528
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.5
ISBN: 075534359X
EAN: 9780755343591
ASIN: 075534359X
Publication Date: June 12, 2008
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 Apart from the smell of the bouganvillea not much to recommend September 2, 2008
J. Ing (Oxford)
This book is readable, but only just. There is a story, as the other reviewers have explained, but I found myself uncaring of the ending. The writing lacks depth and the narrative style is commonplace. There is no more to the story than what happens, unless perhaps, the tropical setting, which, for one based in rain-soaked England, is alluring. I wonder what makes the book successful for others? Perhaps the link to Hollywood? Perhaps the lack of profundity? I don't know, but I hope that this review will enable readers to consider a range of views about this rather 'so what?' book.
Readable-just! August 20, 2008
Ms. C. Robinson (birmingham uk)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was really looking forward to Richard and Judys summer reads but this book really dissapointed me. It missed a good storyline and often I thought it included to much uneccessary detail. I found it quite boring and often thought of just giving up on it. Would not reccomend.
Captivating slice of history and romance August 14, 2008
Dr. Joanne Cronin (Ireland)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The pirate of the title refers to Errol Flynn, who finds himself washed up on the shores of Jamaica following a storm. He finds calmness and peace on the charming island, and seeks refuge there from the scandal that follows him in Hollywood. Ida, the daughter of a man who befriends Errol, develops a crush on him and their somewhat odd friendship develops over the years.
Ida grows into a beautiful young woman, and one day the inevitable happens. Ida finds she is pregnant with Flynn's child, but raises it herself, isolated and abandoned by the man she loves.
This charming tale follows both the lives of the mother and daughter. Around them, politics and strife rear their ugly heads as Jamaica gains independence from Britain and racial tensions rise to the surface.
This is a forlorn love story brought vividly to life with enchanting descriptions of the island and rich characters. A page-turning, engrossing, intelligent read.
 Long hot days August 13, 2008
avid reader (Spain)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A great book for reading sitting in the shade if a palm tree. Evocative, romantic, sad and ultimately up lifting. I loved the way Errol Flynn was involved and all the others like Ian Flemming. It captured perfectly that time in history. Maybe I spent too long watching Errol Flynn when I was Young!
Research? August 5, 2008
Mac (UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The problem with writing books that combine fact with fiction means that the writer has to research the true facts before publishing.
Ida comments on the fact that she saw pictures of Errol with Princess Margaret and her husband Lord Snowden, in a section of the book that must have been set in the early fifties.
However Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrog Jones did not marry until May 1960 by which time Errol Flynn was dead, having died in October 1959.
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