{"product_id":"pirate-latitudes-michael-crichton-9780062428875","title":"Pirate Latitudes: A Novel | Michael Crichton","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: inherit; color: #333; line-height: 1.6;\"\u003e\n  \u003csection style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: 500; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2c3e50;\"\u003eIn this \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling novel, master of suspense \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Crichton\u003c\/strong\u003e delivers an irresistible historical adventure tale of swashbuckling pirates in the New World. Set in the 17th-century Caribbean, \u003cstrong\u003ePirate Latitudes: A Novel\u003c\/strong\u003e is a classic story of treasure, betrayal, relentless action, and crackling atmosphere, hailed by \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e as \"a lusty, rollicking seventeenth-century adventure... History as entertainment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \n    \u003ch2 style=\"color: #2c3e50; font-size: 1.5em; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 20px;\"\u003eBook Overview \u0026amp; Core Themes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\u003eThe Caribbean, 1665: Port Royal, Jamaica is a cutthroat English colony of taverns, grog shops, and lawlessness holding out against the Spanish empire. Privateer Captain Charles Hunter, commissioned by the Crown, assembles a crew of specialized rogues to execute an audacious raid on El Matancero—an impregnable Spanish fortress guarding a galleon filled with gold. 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Holding an M.D. from Harvard Medical School, Crichton pioneered the modern techno-thriller, writing blockbusters like \u003cem\u003eThe Andromeda Strain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJurassic Park\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSphere\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDisclosure\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTimeline\u003c\/em\u003e, while also creating the iconic television medical drama \u003cem\u003eER\u003c\/em\u003e and directing films such as \u003cem\u003eWestworld\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Great Train Robbery\u003c\/em\u003e. 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The novel details period naval tactics, black-powder weaponry, nautical navigation, and colonial politics, grounding the high-seas action in realistic 17th-century historical detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/details\u003e\n\n    \u003cdetails style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; border: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 10px; border-radius: 4px; background-color: #fcfcfc;\"\u003e\n      \u003csummary style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: pointer; color: #2c3e50; outline: none;\"\u003eWhat is the posthumous publishing history behind Pirate Latitudes?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n      \u003cp style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003ePirate Latitudes was discovered on Michael Crichton’s personal computer files after his death in November 2008. The completed manuscript had been quietly researched and written alongside his famous techno-thrillers. 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