The Pirates! In an Adventure with the Romantics

By: Gideon Defoe

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Hardcover | 7 June 2012 | Edition Number 1

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Hot on the heels of the Aardman movie, the pirates return in the absurdly wonderful and brilliantly hilarious new adventure!

Whilst visiting their bank manager on the shores of Lake Geneva, the Pirate Captain and his crew encounter no less than the literary giants of their age : the swaggering Lord Byron, the oddly shifty Percy Shelley - and his beautiful young fiancée, Mary.

Together they embark upon a journey that leads them away from Switzerland into the bowels of Oxford, and finally to the forbidding heart of Eastern Europe. It is an adventure that will force the Pirate Captain to confront some important questions, namely : what is the secret behind his mysterious belly tattoo? Is 'Zombuloid, the corpse-beast' a better name for a monster than 'Gorgo: Half-man, half-seaweed'? And, most importantly - what happens when a pirate finally falls in love?

Women in diaphanous nighties running down corridors! Brooding men with dark hair! Sinister taxidermy! Ghostly banging noises! The Pirates! In An Adventure with the Romantics contains all these things, as well as a bit where the Captain dresses up as a sexy fireman.

About the Author

Gideon Defoe was born in 1975 and lives in London. He is the author of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, which has been made into a stop-motion animation film by Sony/Aardman, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Moby Dick, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon.

Industry Reviews

Gideon Defoe definitively puts the "Ho ho!" - and indeed, the "Yo!" - into pirating Caitlin Moran 'Very funny, very silly and highly original' Esquire 'Silly, charming, unique and hilarious all at once' Chris Addison 'Hilarious. Destined to become a classic of pirate comic fiction' Eric Idle Little slabs of super-concentrated funny Andy Riley 'Enid Blyton might have written Pirates! after a night in an opium den' Publishers Weekly

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