Dr Syn Returns [Mass Market Paperback]

Russell Thorndike (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (January 12, 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345237854
• ISBN-13: 978-0345237859
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,305,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Pirate who became a vicar, January 21, 2012

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Marshall Lord (Whitehaven, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dr Syn Returns (Mass Market Paperback)

"Doctor Syn on the High Seas" is the first in chronological sequence 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) This book, "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)

After sailing the seven seas in search of his lost wife as the notorious pirate, Captain Clegg, the Reverend Christopher Syn, Doctor of Divinity, returns home to Dymchurch in Kent.

His ship is wrecked, and Christopher Syn is almost the only survivor. And his successor as vicar of Dymchurch has been drowned in the same accident while attempting to rescue the passengers and crew.

So Doctor Syn resumes his real name and clerical garb, applies for and gets his old job back and settles down to a peaceful life caring for the souls of his parishioners.

And yet, after his years as a pirate, being a country vicar seems rather too quiet and peaceful. Until the opportunity to do something rather more exiting comes along ...