Yellowbeard

Among the many blackguards who left their bloodstained mark on history, the foulest of them all was the pirate Yellowbeard. His name struck terror into the hearts of gentlefolk in the days when Queen Anne was a monarch rather than a table. Until recently, however, Yellowbeard's exploits were lost in the swirling mists of time. Our story begins on a barque at anchor on the Spanish Main where the grim grandee, El Nebuloso and his evil inquisitor, El Segundo, gloat over a fortune in gold. With a blood-curdling oath, Yellowbeard strikes and makes off with the loot. Betrayed by his brutal bosun Mr. Moon, Yellowbeard spends the next twenty years in His Majesty's Prison, St. Victims for the Extremely Naughty. When he escapes, Yellowbeard immediately heads to the pub, now owned by his wayward wife to whom he'd entrusted his treasure map. Seems she burnt it, but not before tattooing it on the head of their son Dan. What ensues is a high-seas high jinks as all set sail for the Spanish Main where both the treasure — and an explosive welcome by El Nebuloso — await.

Graham Chapman studied medicine at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and was invited to join the Cambridge Footlights Dramatic Society, where he met John Cleese. He qualified as a doctor at St.Bartholomew's Hospital in London, then put his medical career on hold and joined Cleese on tour with the stage revue Cambridge Circus,
which ran on Broadway in Oct. 1964 and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Back in England, Graham wrote for many TV series, radio programs and films, including the Doctor In the House series, The Frost Report, I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again, and Monty Python’s Flying Circus. He also had the lead role in the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Yellowbeard was his only novel.