Ronald Hallifax — Brian Smith

When young Ronald Hallifax goes out fishing one day his boat is carried out to sea by the tide. An approaching storm puts his life in utmost peril. Is his life over? Or could this be the beginning of a young sailor lad's adventures among the buccaneers? A pirates stronghold, treasure and dangers galore set the stage for a thrilling story and pukka adventures.Arthur Lee Knight (1852 - 7 Jul 1944) was a popular author of adventure books in the late 19th and early 20th century. Around 1868 he joined the Royal Navy at the age of sixteen as a junior midshipman, where he served on the 51-gun screw frigate HMS Forte.Having been a midshipman in the navy he was familiar with life in the navy and many of the episodes in his novels - such as hunting Arab slave traders - are clearly events he experienced himself and give unique insight into the world and people in the Victorian age. His readable and often racy stories are characterized by authentic navy language of the time and evocative descriptions of seascapes, distant countries and unusual people.