Richard Knight's Treasure!: The True Story of His Extraordinary Quest for Captain Kidd's Cache - Hardcover

Roberts, Glenys

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670807613 ISBN 13: 9780670807611

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1987

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Chance reading of Rupert Furneaux's The Money Pit Mystery inspired Knight, an unemployed English actor to research the exploits and charts of the 17th century pirate in the hope of locating some of his booty. Knight's adventures, narrated in the first person by British columnist Roberts, led him, with the support of two Australian backers, to equip a fishing boat and set out on the first of two trips across the pirate-infested Gulf of Thailand to the Vietnamese-held Grand Pirate Island, where he claims to have found several chests of treasuregold bars and coins, jewels and objets d'artwhich he buried at an undisclosed location in Thailand for safekeeping. A second voyage to the island in search of more treasure ended in his arrest and 14-month imprisonment by the North Vietnamese who released him for a ransom. Photos.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

Whether really a "true story" or simply a fantastic yarn, this is a rousing good book. Knight is a globetrotting, sometimes actor, who through his readings at the library and an inspired hunch, deciphers the secret revealing the exact location of the treasure buried by the legendary 17th-century pirate, Captain Kidd. With great pluck Knight secures a sponsor, mounts an expedition to the South China Sea, and (he claims) discovers the fabled cache. Unfortunately, he is almost immediately arrested and spends 14 months in a Vietnamese prison before returning to England without proof of his success. Knight hints at a return trip. In the meantime the reader can delight in this successful mix of modern-day adventure and pirate lore. Jerry Maioli, Western Lib. Network, Olympia, Wash.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0670807613
• ISBN 13: 9780670807611
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208