Honestly anyone who is even remotely sparked by historical fiction a-la Assassin’s Creed style with colourful characters and a good dose of humour should read Paul Waters
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/738379.Paul_Waters
Author of Of Merchants & Heroes, Cast Not the Day, and The Philosopher Prince
(His bio;
Paul Waters was born and schooled in England, but says his real education did not begin until he was seventeen, when he ran away to sea.
He spent the next two years travelling the world on a tramp steamer. It was during this time, somewhere in the Indian Ocean
















