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Planning a cruise? Heading for the high seas? This book is guaranteed to make you think twice. You won't be immune to a frisson of fear as you peruse these gripping stories of piracy on the Chinese seas. After all, piracy is as prevalent today as it was in the early nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Culled from contemporary newspapers, journals, and a rare selection of diplomatic letters and telegrams, this anthology is the first true crime thriller set off the China coast - first-hand accounts by the men, women and children who fell prey to the scourge of the seas.

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Pick of the Week! Sellick has found . . . and skillfully edited--vivid accounts from survivors . . . what is remarkable is the richness of detail the stories contain. -- Sydney Morning Herald

Highly informative and entertaining . . . Sellick has chosen his material well . . . an excellent and highly readable account of seafaring's darker side. --Sun Herald The harrowing nature of many of the personal reports . . . is thrilling. And the bombastic, ornate language used in newspaper extracts is amusing. The [chapter] titles . . . could almost sell the book alone. --Adelaide Advertiser Pick of the Week! Sellick has found . . . and skillfully edited--vivid accounts from survivors . . . what is remarkable is the richness of detail the stories contain. --Sydney Morning Herald

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