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conversations.value: What is a description for a book titled A High Wind in Jamaica about Jamaica, Set, High with the genre: Literature & Fiction, Literary?
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conversations.value: Set in the last century against a tropical landscape and the ever-present sea, "A High Wind in Jamaica" tells the story of a family of English children who, on being sent by their parents back to England from Jamaica, fall into the hands of pirates. As this voyage of innocence continues the events which unfold begin to take on a savagely detached and haunting quality.
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conversations.value: What is a plot for a book about Jamaica, Set, High?
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conversations.value: A High Wind in Jamaica (film): A hurricane hits the isle of Jamaica in 1870.\nThe Thorntons (Nigel Davenport and Isabel Dean), parents of five children, feel it is time to send the children to England for a more civilized upbringing and education.\nDuring the voyage, pirates board the ship and take the children captive.\nThe pirate captain, Chavez (Anthony Quinn) and first mate Zac (James Coburn) take an immediate liking to young Emily (Deborah Baxter), and decide to sail to Tampico and leave the kids safely with a woman there named Rosa (Lila Kedrova), a brothel madam with a good heart.\nRosa warns the pirates that the law is after them.\nSince they are innocent of the crimes attributed to them by the authorities—namely, the murder of the children—Chavez and his first mate (James Coburn) are unconcerned.\nBut then one of the children, John (Martin Amis), slips from a window of the brothel and falls to his death.\nChavez doesn't wish any more harm to come to the young ones so he refuses to attack a Dutch vessel that comes into view.\nHis men mutiny, seize the Dutch boat, and capture its captain (Gert Fröbe).\nA Royal Navy patrol vessel appears and the pirates re-board their own ship in panic.\nChavez declines to join them.\nAwakened from sleep by the captured Dutch captain seeking her help, Emily mistakes his intentions and in a frenzy stabs him to death.\nThe shocked Chavez intervenes too late and is left with bloodstains on his hands.\nHe and his former crew are taken prisoner and shipped to Britain for trial.\nUnder questioning in court, Emily places the responsibility of killing the Dutch captain on Chavez instead of on herself.\nThe pirates are hanged.\nIn the final scene children play innocently by a lake.\nEmily stands amongst them – staring at a model ship with adult eyes.