Betty Trask Award Best First Novel (nominee)
Set in the 18th century's Golden Age of Piracy, THE REQUIEM SHARK is the tale of a young recruit, William Williams and his forced apprenticeship to Bartholomew Roberts, slaver turned pirate Captain. Enlisted first as a musician, then as the Captain's biographer, Williams learns to negotiate the seas of the Caribbean and West Africa recording their conflicts with the merchantmen and whores, tribesmen and soldiers that populated the ends of the known world. Influenced by shipmates, from the learned Dr Scudamore to Innocent, ex-slave and sole member of his own religion, Williams struggles to justify his own position within the Royal Fortune, as the British Navy hunt them down and the fanatical Captain Roberts drives the ship onwards to the ultimate prize - the mysterious treasure ship... Rich in historical detail and based upon the last years of the most successful pirate known to history, THE REQUIEM SHARK is a gripping adventure set in a brutal environment dominated by gold, disease and blood.
Genre: Historical
Genre: Historical
Praise for this book
"Fascinating research... A wonderfully original blend of pastiche and the raciest action writing you'll find anywhere." - Julian Rathbone
Used availability for Nicholas Griffin's The Requiem Shark
Hardback Editions
April 2000 : USA Hardback
February 1977 : USA Hardback
Paperback Editions
August 2001 : USA Mass Market Paperback
July 2000 : UK Paperback
Audio Editions
2001 : USA Audio Cassette
Kindle Editions
April 2014 : Australia, UK Kindle edition
April 2014 : Canada Kindle edition