[PW] Inexperienced people in occupations who then excel at them

[Peter]

project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org wrote:
> Haven't seen my reply as yet, so I'll risk resending:
> Bartholomew Roberts was a sailor on a merchant ship taken by
> pirates.  He was pressed into joining the pirate crew and
> proved so adept that he became captain of the vessel in just
> a few weeks, after the first captain was killed.  Most rank
> him among the most successful pirates ever.

Would this be the source of the "Dread Pirate Roberts" in Golding's
"Princess Bride"?


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