The Pirate is undoubtedly one of the most famous novels by Harold Robbins, published in almost all languages of the world and brought its creator great fame. What gives the novel its unique originality is a bizarre combination of an adventurous plot and deep insight into the psychology of the characters, the exoticism of the East and the European-style dynamic development of events, showing all the secret springs of big business and spicy eroticism. There is no doubt that in Russia “Pirate” will have the same triumphant success as in those countries where it has already won a readership.