Cup of Gold · Character

James Flower

A buccaneer companion of Henry Morgan on his early voyages.

minor

Also known as James I

First appearance: ii

James Flower's tie to Henry Morgan is one of the pressures that moves Cup of Gold—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

A planter who inherited a plantation; a failed intellectual who longed to create ideas but never succeeded.

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With Henry Morgan (professional): James Flower is a fellow pirate and lieutenant under Henry's command, serving as a capable but sometimes rivalrous subordinate. With Henry Morgan (professional): James Flower is a fellow pirate and lieutenant under Henry's command, serving as a capable but sometimes rivalrous subordinate. With Henry Morgan (professional): James Flower is a fellow pirate and lieutenant under Henry's command, serving as a capable but sometimes rivalrous subordinate.

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Relationship types

Professional
Other

Character groups

Extended cast of the Caribbean world
Protagonist
Welsh origins and mentors

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Henry Morgan
professional · ambivalent
James Flower is a fellow pirate and lieutenant under Henry's command, serving as a… How this plays out →
Henry Morgan
professional · ambivalent
James Flower is a fellow pirate and lieutenant under Henry's command, serving as a… How this plays out →
Henry Morgan
professional · ambivalent
James Flower is a fellow pirate and lieutenant under Henry's command, serving as a… How this plays out →

Henry Morgan
James Flower is a fellow pirate and lieutenant under Henry's command, serving as a capable but sometimes rivalrous subordinate.
Henry Morgan
James Flower is a fellow pirate and lieutenant under Henry's command, serving as a capable but sometimes rivalrous subordinate.
Henry Morgan
James Flower is a fellow pirate and lieutenant under Henry's command, serving as a capable but sometimes rivalrous subordinate.

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III
A planter who inherited a plantation; a failed intellectual who longed to create ideas but never succeeded.
IV
The aging planter, increasingly reliant on Henry, finds happiness in books and neglects the plantation's brutal realities, unaware of Henry's manipulations.
V
Henry's employer, who agrees to let Henry buy a ship and manage the plantation's shipping, though he is more interested in reading about the moon.
VI
James Flower, the planter who has become a father figure to Henry, is heartbroken by Henry's departure and offers him half his plantation to stay.

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