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Title: The Pirate of the Mediterranean
A Tale of the Sea

Author: W.H.G. Kingston

Illustrator: F.C. Tilney

Release Date: May 9, 2007 [EBook #21403]

Language: English

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The Pirate of the Mediterranean, a Tale of the Sea, by W.H.G. Kingston.

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A long book--nineteen hours--full of adventure and tense situations. I
was a bit disappointed to find that the Pirate was a Greek who preyed
mostly upon Italian, Greek and Turkish vessels in the Eastern
Mediterranean, because I had hoped that Kingston would address himself
to the problem in the previous century, where Barbary and Algerine
pirates were harrying European craft, taking their passengers prisoner
as slaves, whom they used to carry out the building works of their
cities.

Nevertheless, it is another admirable book from the pen of a great
author, and I recommend it to you.

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THE PIRATE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, A TALE OF THE SEA, BY W.H.G. KINGSTON.

CHAPTER ONE.

Malta, which I have selected as the opening scene of the following
story, is, from its historical recollections, its fine climate, and
brilliant skies, a very interesting spot; although, for such beauty as
its scenery possesses, it must be acknowledged that it is indebted very
much more to art than to nature. Notwithstanding, however, the noise it
has made in the world, and will, I suspect, should we ever be driven
into a war with our vivacious continental neighbour, again make, it is
but a rock some twenty miles long, and twelve broad, in the middle of
the Mediterranean, with a smaller rock, Gozo, to the north of it, and
was, probably, at one time of this planet's existence, merely a
continuation of Sicily or Italy's toe, or a lump, as it were, kicked off
into the middle of the sea. If, also, report speaks true, the very soil
which gives verdure to its va