Michael Crichton Pirate Latitudes – Writer Michael Crichton completed Pirate Latitudes, a 17th century pirate novel, before his death from cancer in March, 2009.
Michael Chrichton wrote “Pirate Latitudes” at the same time that he wrote “Next,” his last published novel, according to Jonathan Burnham, his publisher at HarperCollins.
The new novel, discovered by Mr. Crichton’s assistant in the writer’s computer files after his death, features a pirate named Hunter and the governor of Jamaica, and their plan to raid a Spanish treasure galleon.
“It’s eminently and deeply and thoroughly researched,” Mr. Burnham said. “It’s packed through with great detail about navigation and how pirates operated, and links between the New World and the Caribbean and Spain.”
Mr. Burnham said that Michael Crichton’s last complete book needed little editing and that Harper planned a first printing of 1 million copies with a release date of November 24, 2009.
And that’s the latest news on his last novel, Michael Crichton Pirate Latitudes.
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August 31st, 2009 at 1:14 pm
i can’t wait to read it. Such a great author… I love his usual line “All the work in this book is real, except the parts that aren’t” paraphrasing
November 30th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Incredible, another “Black Legend” novel where the villains are the Spaniards and the heroes are the pirates, and those bastard anglosaxons love it. It is like us in Spain loving a novel where Osama bin Laden is the hero and you anglosaxons the blood thirsty criminals.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
This appears to be in draft form and not a finished product. Crichton must have been a video gamer as this work relies on games like Port Royale, Tortuga Pirates and Pirates! Live the Life. Facing countless dogged enemies, wooing fair maidens and raising the Jolly Roger on the high seas in pursuit of riches. All that is lacking is the 3D sea Battles.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
By the way, Pirate Lattitudes will be released as a motion picture in 2011. It appears that it will be a Spielberg production.
May 30th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Good book. Aaargh!!!