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Title: Under the Black Ensign
Author: L. Ron Hubbard
Narrator: Marisol Nichols
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-25-08
Publisher: Galaxy Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 23 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Long before Captain Jack Sparrow raised hell with the Pirates of the Caribbean, Tom Bristol sailed to hell and back Under the Black Ensign. Thats where the real adventure begins.
Bristol's had plenty of bad luck in his life. Press-ganged into serving aboard a British vessel, hes served under the threat of the cruel captains lash on his back. Then, freed from his servitude by pirates, his good fortune immediately takes a bad turn - as the pirates accuse him of murder - and leave him to die on a deserted island. Now all he has left are a few drops of water, a gun, and just enough bullets to put himself out of his misery.
But Bristol's luck is about to change. Finding himself in the unexpected company of a fiery woman and a crafty crew, he unsheathes his sword, raises a pirate flag of his own, and sets off to make love and war on the open seas.
In his early twenties, Hubbard led the two-and-a-half-month, five-thousand-mile Caribbean Motion Picture Expedition. He followed that with the West Indies Mineralogical Expedition near San Juan, Puerto Rico, in which he completed the island's first mineralogical survey as an American territory. It was during these two journeys that Hubbard became an expert on the Caribbean's colorful history - an expertise he drew on to write stories like Under the Black Ensign.
Critic Reviews:
"This is a gem in American pulp fiction, in all its campy glory. The full-cast performance, complete with sound effects, only enhances its appeal." (AudioFile)
Members Reviews:
Ripping good yarn!
This short adventure story from the golden age of fiction is the type of tale for which the phrase "ripping good yarn" was first coined. Performed like a radio play (multiple performers, background sound effects) and reflecting social views far ahead of its time, this story was an absolutely pleasurable way to pass a few hours.