This week's tale is of piracy and courage in the days of Napoleon, based on one of the classic books by G A Henty, master storyteller of another generation. The year is 1812 and the clouds of war hang heavily over England. The armies of Napoleon threaten all of Europe, and everywhere there is trouble and unrest, even on the seas. For those days, the oceans were beset by pirates...
Cast: Jack Manning, Juano Hernandez, Ken Reynard, Jim Tansey, Nicholas Joy, Bernard Lenrow
Broadcast: October 21, 1944