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Title:
The Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn
Series:
Doctor Syn #6
Author: Arthur Russell Thorndike
Rating:
3 of 5 Stars
Genre: Historical Fiction
Pages:
199
Words: 75K
Somehow
I misnumbered the series and got ahead of myself with this book. I
didn’t notice a thing though, so I suspect the episodic nature of
this series insulates it from problems like that.
I have NO idea why this is called “The Courageous Exploits…”. There’s nothing courageous about a smuggler of liquor out to avoid taxes. We also find out that when one of the Dymchurch gang disagrees with the Scarecrow, if they aren’t killed, they and their family are exiled to an island off the coast of France where one of the Scarecrow’s suppliers lives in luxury. They have a decent life too, but that is where their life is going to stay. It’s always good to be reminded that Doctor Syn was the pirate captain Clegg and he’s as hard and unrelenting now as the Scarecrow as he ever was as Clegg.
Syn has his usual adventures with traitors and new authority figures. Thankfully, there seems to be no new romance on the horizon. That is good because we all know it wouldn’t turn out well and the poor woman would just die or be killed or kidnapped and killed or something that would end with “She’s daid Jim”.
★★★☆☆
From Wikipedia
In 1781, Doctor Syn continues his adventures as the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, foiling all attempts to catch him and to break up the Dymchurch smugglers.
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