The Cruise of the Cormorant. — Brian Smith

The Cruise of the Cormorant-After their adventures in The Raja of Monkey Island Hubert Ashley and his friends decide to return to the mysterious island in the hope of finding a lost pirate treasure. Much to their dismay they are not the only ones looking for something on the island. A thrilling and racy adventure story from the shores of the Indian Ocean into the lands of a slaver sultanate.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.