{"id":225,"date":"2026-05-03T03:49:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joecovenant.com\/?p=225"},"modified":"2026-05-03T03:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:49:57","slug":"the-black-pennant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joecovenant.com\/?p=225","title":{"rendered":"The Black Pennant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Black Pennant:<\/strong> Published by Curly Tale Books<br><br><em>\u2018Hoist the Black Pennant!\u2019<br><br>A bitter taste rose in my throat, and I thought I might be sick, as that hideous black flag crept to the top of the main mast.<\/em><br><br><strong>Stromness, Orkney, 1796<\/strong><br><br>When orphan Innes is plucked from poverty by Captain John Fullarton, he is grateful to begin a new and better life at sea aboard The Finmurray.<br><br>But, when a storm destroys their ship, their fortunes change for the worse and Innes is suddenly, and unwillingly, thrust into the bloodthirsty life of a pirate \u2013 with no way to escape\u2026<br><br>Based on true events, The Black Pennant tells the story of the rise and fall of one of Scotland\u2019s most bloodthirsty pirates \u2013 and of a young boy\u2019s struggle to save him.<br><br><strong>Available from all good bookstores, as well as directly from the publisher.<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/curlytalebooks.co.uk\/product\/the-black-pennant\/\">https:\/\/curlytalebooks.co.uk\/product\/the-black-pennant\/<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/curlytalebooks.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/9781739753214.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Pennant: Published by Curly Tale Books \u2018Hoist the Black Pennant!\u2019 A bitter taste rose in my throat, and I thought I might be sick, as that hideous black flag crept to the top of the main mast. Stromness, Orkney, 1796 When orphan Innes is plucked from poverty by Captain John Fullarton, he is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joecovenant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joecovenant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joecovenant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joecovenant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joecovenant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/joecovenant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228,"href":"https:\/\/joecovenant.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joecovenant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joecovenant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joecovenant.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}