U-Lo de Gisbert Haefs ubomi obunikezelwe kuncwadi kokubini kuguqulelo lwababhali abangafaniyo nakwincwadi yakhe etyebileyo kwizalathiso ezicacileyo ze-eclectic kwaye zahlukile kubuchule bayo bokujongana neentlobo ezahlukeneyo.
Ngeli thuba sisondela kwinoveli yezembali malunga nezo ndawo zishushu kwixesha elide lama-impiriyali eYurophu elidlulise imfumba isuka kwelinye ilizwe yaya kwelinye kwinto ekufunyaniswe ukuba ifunyenwe kwihlabathi elitsha kungekudala elithathwa njengelo layo. Inoveli edibanisa, ukuya kuthi ga kungquzulwano phakathi kobukhosi baseSpain nabaseNgilane, kunye nolutsha nje INgilani yoyisangu-Álvaro van de Brule.
Ubu ethe-ethe beminyaka yokugqibela yobukhosi baseSpain sele buvele kwiMfazwe yokuGqibela. Kwaye ngelo xesha xa iinqanawa zamaNgesi, amagosa kunye nabo babekhusele i-buccaneers, i-filibusters xa ingengabo abaphangi ngqo abajongene nokuhlasela yonke into eyayivakala ngathi bubutyebi namandla ekugqibeleni ngenxa yozuko lweflegi yase-Bhritane.
Kule meko ingazinzisi kubukhosi obubuthathaka baseSpain, imivimbo yokugqibela yekratshi ijika ibe yimilo kunye noloyiso lweSpain yakudala. UJenkins ngomnye wabo buccaneers bathunyelwe besuka eLondon abazifihlayo ukuba bangobani phantsi kwendima yomrhwebi olula. Kwaye ungunobangela wokuzingelwa kobutyebi oya kushukumisa eli yelenqe phakathi kweembambano kunye nokufumanisa okumangazayo kwindawo yeCaribbean esavuleleke kukufumanisa okukhulu.
Indlebe kaJenkins, eyabekwa ngukaputeni waseSpain uJuan León Fandiño ibonisa ukuqala kwemfazwe yaseCaribbean ehlala inqwenelwa yiNgilani elangazelela i-casus beli yokuqhekeza yonke intsalela yaseSpain kwiCaribbean.
Inyani kunye neentsomi zixubekile kwindawo enjengemfazwe apho uGqirha Tobias Smollett afuna ukwenza ingeniso yakhe ngokuzinikezela ekufuneni ubutyebi obunokumzisela uzuko olukhulu kwaye onokwakha ngokutsha ingqokelela yobukhosi bamaNgesi obudinga uqoqosho amandla ogcina ngawo ukongamela kwakho kwihlabathi elitsha.
Ungayithenga ngoku inoveli yeNdlebe yeKapteni, inoveli enomdla ebhalwe nguGisbert Haefs, apha: