Martin Conisby, embittered by his five years of slavery on the Spanish galleon Esmeralda, escapes during a sea fight and makes his way back to England, determined to avenge himself on Richard Brandon, who was the cause of his father's death and his own ill-treatment. Broken in body and spirit, he arrives home just in time to save from the hands of robbers a beautiful girl, Lady Joan Brandon, the daughter of the man whom he has sworn to punish. In a tavern he meets a pal, Adam Penfeather, who unfolds to him the story of Black Bartlemy, an infamous pirate, and his treasure buried on an island--treasure of fabulous value that has been the dream and hope of roving adventurers along the Spanish Main for many years.
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I set this aside awhile back because I'd paid $.99 for the ebook and it was coded badly, so on the smallest print setting it still showed only four or five sentences per page! I finally broke down and got the free file from Gutenburg, and it was much better.In this swashbuckler, Martin is not simply a man against a villain, or a man against nature; he is primarily a man against himself, as he has a prodigious temper. Things come to hand relatively easy as he and the fair lady are marooned on the island...even with goats for milk and cheese!...but he fights his temper over and over again.Book two, [b:Martin Conisby's Vengeance 2097825 Martin Conisby's Vengeance Jeffery Farnol https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348590389s/2097825.jpg 2103174], follows closely and contains the end of the tale, so...on to it!
