Doctor Syn (Unicorn S) [Import] [Hardcover]

Russell Thorndike (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Hutchinson Educ. (1960)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0090556410
• ISBN-13: 978-0090556410
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Marsh that became a mystery, January 21, 2012

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Marshall Lord (Whitehaven, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor Syn (Doctor Syn Saga) (Paperback)

"Doctor Syn" is the seventh and last in chronological sequence, although it was the first book written, of Russell Thorndike's seven highly entertaining novels about the Reverend Doctor Syn, the apparently harmless vicar of Dymchurch in Kent who led a secret life as a pirate and smuggler.

The full series is:

1) Doctor Syn on the High Seas
(the vicar who became a pirate)

2) Doctor Syn Returns
(the pirate who became a vicar)

3) The Further Adventures of Doctor Syn
(the scarecrow who became a hero)

4) THE COURAGEOUS EXPLOITS OF DOCTOR SYN
(the captain who became a threat)

5) The Amazing Quest of Doctor Syn
(the legacy which became a liability)

6) The Shadow of Doctor Syn
(the smuggler who became a legend)

7) Doctor Syn
(The marsh that became a mystery)

The Nightriders are the most successful smuggling gang in Kent. Their mysterious leader, a masked figure known only as "The Scarecrow" has outwitted every customs officer or other opponent who ever tried to catch him. There are even rumours that he might be a ghost.

Certainly nobody could imagine that their mysterious leader "The Scarecrow" could possibly be the mild-mannered vicar of Dymchurch, Dr Syn. Yet there appears to be some connection between the harmless clergyman and the notorious pirate, Captain Clegg, who had been hanged many years before ...