Books with title The Buccaneers' Code

Set in the 1870s, the same period as Wharton's The Age of Innocence, The Buccaneers is about five wealthy American girls denied entry into New York Society because their parents' money is too new. At the suggestion of their clever governess, the girls sail to London, where they marry lords, earls, and dukes who find their beauty charming—and their wealth extremely useful.After Wharton's death in 1937, The Christian Science Monitor said, "If it could have been completed, The Buccaneers would doubtless stand among the richest and most sophisticated of Wharton's novels." Now, with wit and imagination, Marion Mainwaring has finished the story, taking her cue from Wharton's own synopsis. It is a novel any Wharton fan will celebrate and any romantic reader will love. This is the richly engaging story of Nan St. George and guy Thwarte, an American heiress and an English aristocrat, whose love breaks the rules of both their societies.

Despite a warning from his father, 17-year-old John Spencer isn't really worried about pirates as he sets out on his first voyage to foreign lands. After all, it's 1803, and there haven't been real buccaneers in the West Indies for almost a hundred years. Still, John and his crew are wary when they come across a stranger named Horn rowing a lifeboat in the middle of nowhere. No one can question Horn's awe-inspiring seamanship, but the man seems to be hiding something. Only when he meets a renegade naval captain does John learn Horn's dark secret..

Sequel to The Smugglers "There's pirates in the West Indies. Cannibals. They cook you alive." His father's words will haunt seventeen-year-old John Spencer as he embarks on his first voyage to foreign lands. Carrying cargo destined for Jamaica, John and his Dragon crew set off from London for waters few of them have sailed before. When they come upon a lifeboat adrift, some are wary of the sailor on board. His name is Horn, and something about him isn't right. Still, John respects his awe-inspiring seamanship. But is Horn to be trusted?