The Black Pearl

Miles Hawke Is The Author Of 'The Dragonnade' An Exciting Tale Of Pirates Smugglers And High Politics In Stuart Days. Now He Follows This Up With A Novel No Less Interesting And Exciting. The Same Characters Appear. Swords Flash And Bodices Are Ripped. It Is Told In Authentic Eighteen-Century Argot. . The Black Pearl Concerns The Disappearance Of A Priceless Clock Belonging To King Louis Xiv And Then There Is The Theft By Judge Jeffrey'S Of Inigo Pyke'S Priceless Black Pearl. The Scene Is Set For Derring-Do And It Is All Told In The Author'S Fast Pacey Writing Style.