Books : Pirates retold

Shifting between narration and action, Wilbur Smith presents his new book, Those in Peril, to an overwhelming audience“Robert Louis Stevenson's protagonist in ‘Treasure Island', Long John Silver was based on a red-bearded, French pirate and legend has it that he buried his treasure on my island in the Seychelles. When he was caught he stood on the gallows and pulled a map from his sleeve and threw it into the crowd and said whoever can find the treasure can keep it. Since then Seychelles

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