Fierce battles ensue and in the process they capture a princess and steal her dowry and gold bullion from a ship in the dead of night. They also commandeer three Spanish treasure ships and, using the melted gold, they commit a major forgery by selling the gilded gold to greedy, corrupt government officials.
A tale of the high seas, Saladins Sword narrates a story of treachery, adventure, and betrayal.
James Jones was a bushranger at age ten and a ferocious pirate, gun runner, and smuggler by the age of twenty-one.