The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists

{{short description|Third pirate novel by Gideon Defoe}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| name = The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists

| image = The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists cover.jpg

| caption = Cover art for the Hardback edition

| author = Gideon Defoe with Richard Murkin

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| series = The Pirates!

| genre = Comedy novel

| publisher = Orion Books

| release_date = 14 September 2006

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| media_type = Print (hardcover)

| pages = 167

| isbn = 978-0-297-84867-7

| preceded_by = The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling

| followed_by = The Pirates! in an Adventure with Napoleon

}}

The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists is the third book in The Pirates! series by Gideon Defoe to feature his hapless pirate crew. It was published in 2006 by Orion Books ({{ISBN|0-297-84867-4}}).{{cite news |title=Book Review: The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists |url=http://www.nypress.com/news/book-review-the-pirates-in-an-adventure-with-communists-EANP1020061220312209971 |accessdate=9 July 2020 |work=NY Press |date=November 11, 2014}}

This book follows the adventures of the Pirate Captain and his crew through Paris and London—accompanied by Karl Marx and his sidekick Friedrich Engels—as they attempt to clear the communists' good name after it is sullied by Richard Wagner and his malevolent benefactor.