Praise for Captain in Calico:A forgotten novel, written 60 years ago and found locked away in a fireproof safe in [Frasers] old study, is finally to make it into print . . . Full of the influences of the writers he loved as a boyRafael Sabatini, PC Wren, GA Henty, Sir Walter Scott.Guardian (UK)Fraser [is] the worlds greatest storyteller, combining the best of P.G. Wodehouse, Alexandre Dumas and Great Game chronicler Peter Hopkirk . . . Captain incorporates piracys tried-and-true hallmarkstreasure, treachery, intermittent romance and high-seas mutiny.Wall Street JournalCapt. Jack Rackham arrives on the page fearless and fully formed . . . An entertaining story laced with historical references.Kirkus s[An] energetic tale of piracy and peril . . . suspenseful.Publishers WeeklyPraise for George MacDonald Fraser:"One of the masterly comic writers of the 20th century."Wall Street Journal"A novelistic gallop through history and imagination. . . . Fraser can easily juggle Conan Doyle and Holmes, Fleming and Bond, Wodehouse and Wooster, and Chandler and Marlowe."Vanity Fair"A master of high jinks, an unabashedly nostalgic fan of dueling adventure and boudoir romance, a knowledgeable, witty and ebullient ransacker of historical fiction." where can i find good book reviews Captain in Calico
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Still GMD but not his usual.By SanpakuI love this author! I've read most of his work. And then -- recently -- he died. Oddly, this manuscript was left on the shelf, and sadly now I know why. It's a bodice-ripper of the first water. If you're a Danielle Steele fan, you'll like this. And GMD, as ever, has his history on track, which is one of the things I love.But this isn't Flashman. If you're into alabaster necks and flashing rapiers and such, cool -- read it. If you're a died-in-the-wool GMD fan like me, by all means get it. Otherwise, have a care.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The cardinal sinBy James E. BeckmanSo this is how GMD got started. Good thing is, he got better as he went along. For some reason, he leaves out most of the interesting parts of Calico Jack Rackham's career as a pirate, and starts with his accepting the pardon. Then the story goes along well enough, but at the end he commits the unpardonable sin for a writer of historical fiction. He saves his main character at the last moment, although we all know that Rackham was executed along with the rest of the men in his crew.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Fraser's Training Wheel NovelBy Ralph WhiteFraser's children note in the introduction that this isn't their father's best work but that they decided to publish it because he hadn't erased it. More likely they realized that even Fraser's training wheel novel would sell thousands of copies and generate incremental royalty income. Captain in Calico shouldn't qualify as a Fraser novel. He apparently wrote it in his youth before he perfected his technique and it shows. The characters are less vivid; the plot is more linear, and the story uninspiring. But this substandard Fraser novel still makes a quick, fun read. Die hard Fraser fans will have to have it but others might skip it in favor of his very good pirate novel, The Pyrates, which is the work of a professional.