Author: Robert, Kenneth
Title: Lydia Bailey
Description: Collins, 1947, 1st edition. CLoth, dj, G/G. 448pp, endpaper maps, dustjacket chipped with the loss of about 1 inch at the base odf the spine, other edges worn, a good copy. Hardback with dustjacket. ¶ Historical fiction, set in the Caribbean & Mediterranean which tells of a young man's quest for a woman he loves but who he has only seen as a portrait. The plot involves Haiti, Piracy & the American war with Tripoli in the First Barbary War.

Keywords: fiction, pirates, libya, haiti, historical fiction