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The Fire and the Rope
AS WILD AND FREE AS THE DEVIL HERSELF
From the hills of her beloved Ireland to the blood-reddened waters of the Americas, an envious world thrilled to the legend of Anne Bonney, the emerald-eyed pirate who gave no quarter in battle...and asked no quarter in love.
An unforgettable historical romance of the turbulent 18th century, THE FIRE AND THE ROPE is based on the life of one of the most remarkable women of all time. With her comrade-in-arms Mary Read and her lustful pirate crew, Anne Bonney lived in the shadow of the gallows, fired by a raging lust for freedom--riding like the wind, fighting like the Devil herself, loving as only a woman can!
From the hills of her beloved Ireland to the blood-reddened waters of the Americas, an envious world thrilled to the legend of Anne Bonney, the emerald-eyed pirate who gave no quarter in battle...and asked no quarter in love.
An unforgettable historical romance of the turbulent 18th century, THE FIRE AND THE ROPE is based on the life of one of the most remarkable women of all time. With her comrade-in-arms Mary Read and her lustful pirate crew, Anne Bonney lived in the shadow of the gallows, fired by a raging lust for freedom--riding like the wind, fighting like the Devil herself, loving as only a woman can!
470 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 1, 1979
About the author
Alison York
21 books7 followersChristopher Robin Nicole was born on 7 December 1930 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), where he was raised. He is the son of Jean Dorothy (Logan) and Jack Nicole, a police officer, both Scottish. He studied at Queen's College in Guyana and at Harrison College in Barbados. He was a fellow at the Canadian Bankers Association and a clerk for the Royal Bank of Canada in Georgetown and Nassau from 1947 to 1956. In 1957, he moved to Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, where he currently lives, but he also has a domicile in Spain.
On 31 March 1951, he married his first wife, Jean Regina Amelia Barnett, with whom he had two sons, Bruce and Jack, and two daughters, Julie and Ursula, they divorced. On 8 May 1982 he married for the second time with fellow writer Diana Bachmann.
As a romantic and passionate of history, Nicole has been published since 1957, when he published a book about West Indian Cricket. He published his first novel in 1959 with his first stories set in his native Caribbean. Later he wrote many historical novels set mostly in tumultuous periods like World War I, World War II and the Cold War, and depict places in Europe, Asia and Africa. He also wrote classic romance novels. He specialized in Series and Sagas, and continues to write into the 21st century with no intention of retiring.
He signs his books as Christopher Nicole and uses several pseudonyms, some of them female. Pseudonyms used include: Peter Grange, Andrew York, Robin Cade, Mark Logan, Christina Nicholson, Alison York, Leslie Arlen, Robin Nicholson, C. R. Nicholson, Daniel Adams, Simon McKay, Caroline Gray and Alan Savage. He wrote disaster thrillers in collaboration with his wife, Diana Bachmann, under the penname Max Marlow. Under his different pseudonyms he has worked with many publishing houses: Jarrolds, Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, Jove, Michael Joseph, Mills & Boon, and Severn House.
On 31 March 1951, he married his first wife, Jean Regina Amelia Barnett, with whom he had two sons, Bruce and Jack, and two daughters, Julie and Ursula, they divorced. On 8 May 1982 he married for the second time with fellow writer Diana Bachmann.
As a romantic and passionate of history, Nicole has been published since 1957, when he published a book about West Indian Cricket. He published his first novel in 1959 with his first stories set in his native Caribbean. Later he wrote many historical novels set mostly in tumultuous periods like World War I, World War II and the Cold War, and depict places in Europe, Asia and Africa. He also wrote classic romance novels. He specialized in Series and Sagas, and continues to write into the 21st century with no intention of retiring.
He signs his books as Christopher Nicole and uses several pseudonyms, some of them female. Pseudonyms used include: Peter Grange, Andrew York, Robin Cade, Mark Logan, Christina Nicholson, Alison York, Leslie Arlen, Robin Nicholson, C. R. Nicholson, Daniel Adams, Simon McKay, Caroline Gray and Alan Savage. He wrote disaster thrillers in collaboration with his wife, Diana Bachmann, under the penname Max Marlow. Under his different pseudonyms he has worked with many publishing houses: Jarrolds, Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, Jove, Michael Joseph, Mills & Boon, and Severn House.
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November 6, 2019
"the magnificent stab of his penis"
March 10, 2023
I want to die
October 13, 2012
A cheesy historical romance about Anne Bonney.
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