Film of the novel :O!

Hello people! Did you know that Steven Spielberg is going to adapt the novel to film, reportedly having wanted to make a pirate film and being an admirer of Crichton's work.


Spielberg has hired David Koepp to pen the screenplay. Anil Ambani's Reliance Big Entertainment and Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios would produce the film. This will be the third of Crichton's novels Spielberg adapts, the others being his two highly successful Jurassic Park films.


It sounds a little bit interesting don’t you think? But we’ll have to wait to see what comes out of all this thing. 

Characters IV

The last post of the characters, hope you like it :)

Sir James Almont — Governor of Jamaica, Almont resides in Port Royal, where he oversees his duties. Known locally as "James the Tenth" due to his privateering expeditions that lead to his own personal tenth shares of treasure, it is Almont who hires the services of Captain Hunter. Both he and his niece return to England shortly after the events of the story, only to perish in the Great London Fire of 1666.

Robert Hacklett — A young and loyal man of England, Mr. Hacklett begins as a secretary hired to assist Governor Almont. Hacklett is a man of many words who throws them around with disregard of consequence. In his eyes, all privateering expeditions of Charles Hunter appear to be piratical ventures. He also has the misfortune of being impotent (or at least sterile) and marrying a promiscuous pretty wife who is well known to have been a mistress of King Charles II. Early on, Mrs. Hacklett becomes pregnant after a brief fling with Captain Hunter and in anger her husband allows Commander Scott to ravish her. The same night, she fatally shoots him in the groin before Hunter arrives to take revenge and she dies of syphilis in 1686 (undoubtedly due to her habits). Her illegitimate son with Hunter becomes a merchant and her grandson ultimately becomes appointed governor of the Carolina Colony during the early Revolutionary War.

Captain Cazalla — A Spaniard who commands the Spanish fortress of Matanceros. He has a violent history with both Don Diego and Captain Hunter, yet has never met either. A villain in many respects. A brutal man, he also commands a warship that guards the naos in Matanceros' harbor.

Anne Sharpe — A young beautiful English girl who was sent to Port Royal because she stole something from her employer in London. Despite her youth and innocent looks, she is not afraid to use her body to accomplish her goals. She was accused of witchcraft, but Governor James Almont still took her as his maid.

Characters III

Almost the end D:!!!! 

Enders — While in Port Royal, Mr. Enders operates as a barber-surgeon. While at sea, he is a helmsman, able to read and steer the Cassandra perfectly due to his innate ability and is often referred to as a "sea artist." His relationship to the ship makes his experience needed many times during the voyage. Evidently his luck eventually ran out as it is stated he died during a storm on another expedition soon after the conclusion of the book.

Bassa a.k.a. The Moor — A huge dark man, this giant is mute. After he avenged the man who cut off his tongue and killed his wife, the Moor escaped to Port Royal to make a living. Communicating with gestures, he provides an image of intimidation in addition to his strength and power. At the conclusion, it is said that he was killed by a released bull during Henry Morgan's daring attack on Panama in 1669 of which he was likely an expedition member.

Characters II

Hey people! Here are the next two characters of the novel, hope you like it! :)

Sanson — A very large and heavy man, Sanson is a visual interpretation of the word assassin, with the exception of his surprisingly high voice. Notorious for being the most ruthless killer in the Caribbean, this Frenchman's skills include the sword, pistol, crossbow, and negotiations. He is, however, distrusted by many Englishmen due to his nationality; this distrust is later vindicated by his treacherous actions in the book's conclusion.

Lazue — Lazue has excellent marksmanship and extraordinary vision, able to see far more accurately than anyone else. Raised as a man, this woman is able to confuse her enemies by baring her breasts to gain advantage. Her ability to traverse through shallow waters and coral reefs make her an important asset to the Cassandra. The epilogue of the tale mentions that Lazue is eventually hanged as a pirate and alleged lover of Black Beard in Charleston around 1704.

Characters I

As I told you in the last post, this one will be the first of a serie of posts about the different and more important characters that appear in the novel “Pirate Latitudes” I hope you are reading it too! :)

In this post I’m going to mention two of the characters with a brief description of them, I think for this post will be only two characters because I have lots of things to say about them. And remember that you don’t have to agree with me in everysingle thing I say or write, you can express your opinion :)

The first character I’m gonna be talking about is Captain Charles Hunter, who is the privateer that leads the Cassandra on their journey for tresase. He was borned in 1627, Hunter is originally from Massachusetts Bay Colony, and studied in Harvard. He abandoned his home and religion at an early age to become one of the most successful and respected privateers in Port Royal Although generally a reasonable man of his word, Hunter doesn’t hesitate to use violence and threats to reach his goals, in this case wealth. Also it is mention that one of his brothers was murdered by Cazalla years before, allegedly by being castrated and choked to dead. In the end of the book, Hunter catches malaria during his long voyages to find Sanson’s treasure, and dies almost completely forgotten, in England in 1670, with a modest estate. 

The next one is Don Diego, or he is also called Black Eye or the Jew. He runs a jewelry shop in Port Royal; he is a very intelligent man, able to create and invent many instruments to suit his own need or the ones of his mates. In the past he also worked with gunpowder and armaments, costing him three fingers and permanently blackering his eye. Diego is also a Jewish man who lost a son because of the inquisition, in the epilogue of the store, he lives to a very old age until finally diying during the earthquake that flattened Port Royal.

Where are the characters?

Hello everyone! Today might be the last day of posting about the novel, but I know what you are thinking right now “are you serious? you just told us about the story but the characters? where are they?!”. 

Well, I’m here because of that the following three or four posts will be about the characters, and also I’ll be giving you a brief description about all of them, well... the most important, because could you image if I wanted to write about every single character that appears in the novel? That would take me for an eternity.

So that’s why I’ll be writing only about the most important, the ones that we are able maybe to describe with a little more detail, because those are the ones that participate more, so also you may be saying while reading “Hey! That’s the character that did bla bla bla” I don’t know but you understand me right? Please say you do ):!

Well it’s time for me to end this post, you be ready for the next post you could tell me which one is your favorite and maybe I’ll tell you later which one is mine.

See you soon! :)

Review :)

Hello everyone! :) I know I didn’t post anything for a few days but is because I was doing a lot of things that have to do with my University, sometimes I just want a few days of vacations D:! 

But anyway, the reason for writing today is to give you my personal opinion so far about the book, if you are reading it, or if you only read the posts about the plot (there are missing about the characters but those are going to be in my next two or three posts). Of course you don’t have to tell me that is completely correct everything that I’m saying, because probably I don’t know... you don’t think the novel is good or whatever.

First of all, I have to give you my opinion about the author, because for me his writing style is really good, sometimes it might be a little bit more difficult for no-native speakers (like me) but the good part of it is that you can understand some words from the context. Another thing that I really like about the style of writing is the way he orders or tells you the story, and also the places where the novel develops are real, like you don’t travel to another space or something like that, also he gives you lots of details so that you can imagine how does the characters look like, or the places and the important things.

Let’s go now with the novel, for me the story is good, you have action, and also for being a pirates novel it isn’t boring because of the dialogues, or the details. I love the story because is not like a normal book, where in the end they find the treasure and live rich forever. No, in the book the main character dies at the end and the treasure that he is trying to find he doesn’t and it remains like that. Also the mistery and some of the fights are interesting, for me it has enough of everything that a novel about pirates should have but the touch that the author give to the book is really personal, and this is because he traveled to some of those places. 

Plot (Part 2) :D

Once again, it’s me :D! I’m sorry but I must post this or I know that I will totally forget everything and that would be horrible, not only for you but for me because I must remember you... this blog is also an school project. So I’ll write for you the other part of the plot, so you will be able to read everything today.

After a few days, the treasure inside the galleon, El Trinidad, is accounted and split between the two ships. Soon afterward, Hunter discovers he is being pursued by the warship commanded by Bosquet, Cazalla's second-in-command. He is chased to Monkey Bay, where he narrowly evades capture with the aide of Lazue's eyesight. The warship is unable to follow due to the sun's glare on the ocean. Here Hunter waits until a few days later, the crew notices the signs of a terrible storm: a hurricane. Using the genius of Don Diego, their cannons are armed and aimed for a mere two defensive shots. Upon their departure, however, the warship has disappeared.

Celebrating their surprise escape, a few miles out to sea, the warship is seen coming on their stern quickly. With Hunter aboard El Trinidad, the ship took massive damage from cannon fire until the two were in perfect alignment. The aimed cannons fired upon the warship, merely damaging it with the first shot and seeming to miss entirely on the second. However, after a moment of inactivity, Hunter realizes that the second shot actually landed a devastating blow and the attacking ship explodes with geysers of water shooting into the air. Moments later, there is little evidence of the warship.

Victory evades the two ships, however, as it begins to rain and storm. The El Trinidad and the Cassandra, helmed by Sanson, are separated by fierce winds and strong currents. After the storm abates, Hunter finds the El Trinidad beached on a strange island. A few hours later, they see the island is inhabited by cannibalistic natives, who nearly capture the niece of Governor Almont. On their way back to Port Royal, the crew suffers yet another misfortune when their ship is attacked by a Kraken. After it had killed many and damaged the ship, Hunter manages to mortally injure the beast. Their path is finally clear to Port Royal.

Upon their arrival, a courier gives message that Almont is gravely sick and Hacklett has taken charge as Governor. Hunter is arrested and put to trial, with Sanson betraying his captain and lying for the court. Hunter is sentenced to be hanged and placed in prison. With the aid of the sickly James Almont, Hunter is sprung from prison and kills the men who sentenced him, save for the judge himself who gives Hunter a pardon. Hacklett is shot in the groin, and Sanson sends word that he alone knows where the other half of the treasure is. Hunter turns the man's own crossbow against him and kills Sanson and throws his body overboard letting the sharks eat his body, yet is never able to find Sanson's treasure.

So, there you have, the complete plot only for you :) I hope you like my posts and if not please tell me! See you later guys! 

Plot (Part 1) :)

Hello guys! I know what you might be thinking “Hey she just posted a very few minutes ago something, why is she doing it again?” Well... the reason for that is because I realised I left you for a very long time without any post, so why not to publish a little bit more for today? :D


Well, what I’m going to be posting today is the plot of the novel “Pirate Latitudes” as you all know. But for those people that doesn’t know what is it, lucky you I’m going to tell you the meaning, well the plot is a literary term defines as the events that make up a story, particularly as the relate to one another in a pattern, in a sequence, through cause and effect, or by coincidence. 


Now let’s begin with the very first part of the plot for today (all of you might know that sometimes writing this is just a little bit hard and confusing so I apologize to all of you if there is a mistake or something missing).


In 1665, Captain Charles Hunter is hired by the Governor of Jamaica, Sir James Almont, to lead an expedition to the island fortress of Matanceros. It is there that a galleon, supposedly containing treasures untold, is awaiting protection across the Atlantic for safe travel back to Spain. Almont is excited about the possibility of reward in this venture, though his secretary Mr. Robert Hacklett is less than enthusiastic, calling Hunter a pirate.

Hunter gathers his crew in Port Royal and sets sail to capture the ship in its own harbor. Mere days into the journey, their ship, the Cassandra is captured by a Spanish Warship commanded by none other than Cazalla, the infamous Spaniard who commands Matanceros. After a daring escape from their cell, Hunter and his crew reboard their ship and continue on their way before Cazalla can retaliate.

Upon their arrival at Matanceros, Hunter, Black Eye, Lazue, Sanson, and the Moor all make their way behind the fortress. Traversing up skyward cliffs, rough jungle foliage, and deadly animals, the crew comes to see that Cazalla has docked under the suspicion that Hunter is still on his way to the island. The privateers manage to make their way around the village and soldiers occupying it long enough to set their traps. After a short duel between Hunter and Cazalla, the traps are sprung, and a slice to the throat kills Cazalla. The Cassandra appears and the crew takes their captain, his mates, and the galleon out to sea.

Book Summary

Well... for this post what I’m going to do is something like only paste the book summary, so you can read it and if you want to you might be getting the book and if you do that you might be able to read it and you will be more able to comment something in my further post about the characters, or if you agree or not in some of my opinions, well see you soon guys! 


“From one of the best-loved authors of all time comes an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates in the New World, a classic story of treasure and betrayal. 

The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. 

In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease—or by dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. 

Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself. With backing from a powerful ally, Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer El Trinidad, along with its fortune in Spanish gold. The raid is as perilous as the bloodiest tales of island legend, and Hunter will lose more than one man before he even sets foot on foreign shores, where dense jungle and the firepower of Spanish infantry stand between him and the treasure.... 

Pirate Latitudes is Michael Crichton at his best: a rollicking adventure tale pulsing with relentless action, crackling atmosphere, and heart-pounding suspense".

Author Biography

I think before start writing about the novel, it might be better to know just a little but or maybe a lot about the author John Michael Crichton. This might be really short or it might not be as detailed as you wished but in the end what is really important for the moment is just to mention some aspects about his life and also some other of his novels so you might start reading them. 

Michael Crichton (October 23, 1942 - November 4, 2008), was an American best-selling author, producer, director and screenwritter, best know for his work in the science fiction, medical ficción, and thriller genres. He was the author, among others, Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, Travels, Sphere, Rising Sun, Disclosure, The Lost World, Airframe, Timeline, Prey, State of Fear, Next (this was his final book published before his death), Pirate Latitudes, and a final unfinished techno-thriller Micro. 

Now let’s talk a little bit about his life, Michael Crichton was born in Chicago Illinois, to John Hederson Chrichton (a journalist), and Zula Miller Chrichton, on October 23, 1942. He was raised on Longg Island, in Roslyn, New York. At a very young age, Crichton showed a keen interest in writing and at the age of 14 had a column related to travel published in The New York Times. His active period as a fiction novel writer began in 1966, with Odds On, under the pseudonym of John Lange, after this one several others were released but unfortunately this  author died in 2008, his last novel finished Pirate Latitudes scheduled for its release in December 2, 2008 had to be postponed until November 24, 2009. Additonally, and unfinished novel, titled Micro, tentatively scheduled for publication on November 22, 2011. The novel has been co-written by Richard Preston, so we will have a little bit more of Crichton for one very last time :(.