When a dashing young swordsman, Talbot Slanning, gets himself into a jam with a favorite of Queen Bess, he has to flee England for his life. So he sails with Sir Francis Drake to loot the Caribbean — and thereby begins a terrific adventure!

If you enjoy a novel of swashbuckling peril, of pirates, wenches, and the quest for Spanish gold, then Donald Barr Chidsey's Buccaneer's Blade is the book you've been waiting for!