Jordan Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I've just ordered a copy after almost an hour of trawling for a reasonably priced one. Has anyone read it? Is it good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I read it ages ago, it was good, i enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachy Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Never read it, just read about it. At one time it was hugely popular, but these days it has a pretty bad reputation as being one of Scott's worst books. The Shetland connection might make it interesting enough though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandhopper Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Right, Malachy, the critics do say so. I found it easier to read The Pirate than other works by Scott ... and enjoyed it. The Shetland connection: That was just the point of which I was a bit disappointed. If you know his account of his "Voyage to Nova Zembla and the Lord knows where ..." that's to say the account of his tour to Shetland with Stevenson, having in mind by whom he was accompanied and with whom he met in Shetland ... and all the "Tohuwabohu" later made around the complex of "Scott's Jarlshof" ... then there is only little of the Shetland connection to be discovered in The Pirate ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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