Contest 2!
Sep. 19th, 2008 01:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valarltdYou can win a copy of Kestrel on the Horizon!
Blurb: Nathaniel Collins, captain of the Golden Horizon, seems to have everything a man could want, freedom to ride the seas, articles from His Majesty on hand, a new slave, and a great ship.
He has one thorn in his side, though, pirate captain Thomas Harrison of the Kestrel. Harrison is Collins' former captain and they parted on less than amicable terms.
Will Collins be able to make a life for himself and his new love? Or will the Kestrel be forever on the horizon? Find out in this pirate adventure!
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To enter to win your copy, name the ten real pirates under the cut. Use any source necessary and name as many as you can. Leave a comment. Non-LJ commenters welcome, but leave a name and a way to contact you. All comments screened so as not to spoil the contest.
1)
Most famous of the Barbary corsairs. Second son of an Albanian fisherman, he set himself up as ruler of the Barbary Coast with a capital at Algiers.
2)
Mother disguised her as a boy from childhood on. Took service in 4's crew, until 3 discovered her gender and started a menage.
3)
Daughter of an Irish maidservant and common-law wife of 4. Sent him to his hanging with a nasty jibe.
4)
Used a black flag with a skull over crossed cutlasses.
5)
Wore fuses in his beard to better terrorize the crews he plundered.
6)
This Chinese pirate queen commanded over 80,000 people at her most powerful.
7)
This privateer was knighted by Elizabeth I. King Phillip II of Spain offered 20,000 ducats (about $8 million in today's money) for his head.
8)
Welsh privateer who became an admiral among the privateers. He sacked Panama and instead of being executed, got knighted and made Lieutenant governor of Jamaica.
9)
French folk-hero of Louisiana. Defended New Orleans during the War of 1812 and aided Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans.
10)
Most famous for his trial without representation and as a political pawn between the Whigs and Tories. His body hung on Execution Dock in Wapping for 20 years.
Blurb: Nathaniel Collins, captain of the Golden Horizon, seems to have everything a man could want, freedom to ride the seas, articles from His Majesty on hand, a new slave, and a great ship.
He has one thorn in his side, though, pirate captain Thomas Harrison of the Kestrel. Harrison is Collins' former captain and they parted on less than amicable terms.
Will Collins be able to make a life for himself and his new love? Or will the Kestrel be forever on the horizon? Find out in this pirate adventure!
~~~
To enter to win your copy, name the ten real pirates under the cut. Use any source necessary and name as many as you can. Leave a comment. Non-LJ commenters welcome, but leave a name and a way to contact you. All comments screened so as not to spoil the contest.
1)
Most famous of the Barbary corsairs. Second son of an Albanian fisherman, he set himself up as ruler of the Barbary Coast with a capital at Algiers.
2)
Mother disguised her as a boy from childhood on. Took service in 4's crew, until 3 discovered her gender and started a menage.
3)
Daughter of an Irish maidservant and common-law wife of 4. Sent him to his hanging with a nasty jibe.
4)
Used a black flag with a skull over crossed cutlasses.
5)
Wore fuses in his beard to better terrorize the crews he plundered.
6)
This Chinese pirate queen commanded over 80,000 people at her most powerful.
7)
This privateer was knighted by Elizabeth I. King Phillip II of Spain offered 20,000 ducats (about $8 million in today's money) for his head.
8)
Welsh privateer who became an admiral among the privateers. He sacked Panama and instead of being executed, got knighted and made Lieutenant governor of Jamaica.
9)
French folk-hero of Louisiana. Defended New Orleans during the War of 1812 and aided Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans.
10)
Most famous for his trial without representation and as a political pawn between the Whigs and Tories. His body hung on Execution Dock in Wapping for 20 years.
