Fun quick read of old-fashioned coming of age adventure with plenty of action, villains, high seas and Sir Francis Drake thrown in with Spanish Inquisition also in the mix. (Goodreads)
Joseph Smith Fletcher (7 February 1863 – 30 January 1935) was an English journalist and author. He wrote more than 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the most prolific English writers of detective fiction. (Wikipedia)