Chasing Salah: The Biography by Simon Hughes #joyce Seventeen-year-old pirate Aster Oberon faces

Seventeen-year-old pirate Aster Oberon faces a stunning new reality

topical verse and private correspondence – Clare Jackson's wonderful new book tells the story of this highly unusual monarch with great flair and insight

only those who can conquer their fear will survive

sauces and sides

His book offers a new vision of reality - an alternative theory of world history in which the Axis powers were defeated - giving hope to the disenchanted

Chasing Salah: The Biography by Simon Hughes #joyce Seventeen-year-old pirate Aster Oberon facesDespite his consistency, his achievements and more so, his visibility, he has never written an autobiography and a biography has never been written about him. He remains an enigmatic figure. We barely know how his teammates really feel about him and we do not know what he thinks of them. We do not really know about the world around him: how the events of the past decade in Egypt have impacted on his own life. We barely know what really motivates him.