{"_id":"69be005e75d56fcc7b0eac03","title":"The Loot of Bombasharna","author":"Lord Dunsany","code":"the-loot-of-bombasharna","publish_year":1910,"publish_source":"The Sketch","publish_edition":"Dec 28","words":1724,"image":"writing.jpg","image_alt":"A pen writing. Graphite filter","genres":["fantasy"],"description":"A pirate captain informs his crew that their ship has become too recognisable and they must all retire to a floating island he once found. But first they must make one final pillage on the prosperous city of Bombasharna.","blurb":"So Captain Shard and his pirates saw it, at evening over the water, and thought of rumours that said that Bombasharna was the loveliest city of the coasts of the world, and that its palace was lovelier even.","unique_cover":"A man on a makeshift sailboat of a sail, tree and couch.","cover_source":"Sidney Sime","cover_link":"https://archive.org/details/bookofwonder00duns_0/page/54/mode/2up","rating":4,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}