"A Romance of the West Indies" is an absorbing story about privateering in the Caribbean Sea. French novelist Eugène Sue's early experiences as a naval surgeon prompted this book and presented a highly colored sea story.

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Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (20 January 1804 - 3 August 1857) was a French novelist. He established the genre of the serial novel with his very popular and widely imitated Les Mystères de Paris which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843.

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