The Pirate's Daughter Book

Contents

Author's Note....................ix
Map of the Island....................xv
Pages from May's book, circa 1961....................xvii
PROLOGUE The Island That Was Errol Flynn's....................1
I "Of his early life and motive for turning pirate we are as yet ignorant ..."....................7
1 Shipwrecked....................9
2 Day Trip....................18
3 "They're Bangles, Mr. Flynn"....................34
4 Karl Von Ausberg Appears....................39
5 A Deserted Island....................49
6 A Gift and a Mother's Concern....................55
7 "Commander" Nigel Fletcher....................63
8 A Marriage and a Death....................71
9 Seduction....................78
10 Catastrophe at Sea....................88
11 Karl Intrudes....................95
II "With a savage smile, he repeated his assurances that I had nothing to fear...."....................105
12 "I'm Writing to You Because ..."....................107
13 Eli Joseph's Journey....................114
14 Ensnared....................118
15 Shoes for May....................132
16 Ida's Decision: The Niagara....................141
III "I shall now proceed to furnish you with details ..."....................147
17 A New Country and an Unlikely Courtship....................149
IV "After taking view of my condition, which was very gloomy, I began to suspect that I had been left on this desolate island to perish ..."....................169
18 Castaway....................171
19 Errol Flynn Wakes up from a Bad Dream....................186
20 Across the Water....................195
21 Errol, upto His Old Tricks....................201
22 Treasure Cove....................221
23 A Flag on Her Island....................235
V "He was surprised and pleased, supposing that now he would have a mistress to himself; but he was greatly mistaken and found that it was necessary to court her for his wife ..."....................253
24 "Bastard-That Is Not a Nice Word"....................255
25 Nigel and the Eleventh Jack Blaze Novel....................274
26 Switzerland....................298
VI "I was persuaded to take passage to Jamaica ..."....................309
27 From Kingston to Jamaica....................311
28 The Republic of Ida....................325
29 Karl's Shipwrecks....................338
30 Besieged....................350
31 Her Father's Map....................357
32 Òpere et Omissiòne....................376
33 Mongoose or Girl?....................385
34 Treasure....................389
EPILOGUE Par Avion....................391