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The pirates! in an adventure with scientists

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Just make sure we've got plenty of hams on board. I didn't really enjoy our last adventure much because we ran out of hams about halfway through. And what's my motto? I like ham!It is 1837, and for the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain and his rag-tag pirate crew, life on the high seas has gotten a little dull.

With nothing to do but twiddle their hooks and lounge aimlessly on tropical beaches, the Captain decides it's time they had an adventure.

A surprisingly successful boat raid leads them to the young Charles Darwin, in desperate need of their help. And so the pirates set forth for London in a bid to save the scientist from the evil machinations of a diabolical Bishop.

There they encounter grisly murder, vanishing ladies, the Elephant Man - and have an exciting trip to the zoo.

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Product Details
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
1408824957 / 9781408824955
Paperback / softback
823.92
05/01/2012
United Kingdom
English
General
199 p. : maps
18 cm
General (US: Trade) Learn More
Quiz No: 221867, Points 4.00, Book Level 6.40,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Reprint. Film tie-in. Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004.