Pirates: The Truth Behind the Robbers of the High Seas

Pirates: The Truth Behind the Robbers of the High Seas

by Nigel Cawthorne
Pirates: The Truth Behind the Robbers of the High Seas

Pirates: The Truth Behind the Robbers of the High Seas

by Nigel Cawthorne

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Overview

Pirates have an almost mythical status in the public imagination - we think of rogue heroes riding the high seasand 'X marks the spot'. But this image is flawed at best.

Using contemporary sources, Nigel Cawthorne turns the spotlight on the reality of pirate life, revealing the truth behind the legends. It gives us an insight into infamous the men and women who plundered ship and shore, including Captain Kidd, Blackbeard and Mary Read. We learn of the hazy distinction between pirates and state-approved privateers who were used to maintain empire, as well as the Port Royal pirate base in Jamaica - known as the 'wickedest city in the world'.

Including details of various pirate exploits, as well as their weapons, ships and unhappy victims, this fascinating read will divide fact from slippery fiction.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781839402395
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
Publication date: 11/07/2019
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 440,504
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Nigel Cawthorne studied at University College, London, where he gained an Honours degree in Physics, before turning to writing as a career. He has been a writer and editor for over 25 years. He has written, contributed to and edited more than sixty books, including Fighting Them On The Beaches, The Battle of Britain, Vietnam: A War Lost and Won, Stalin, and more. His work has also appeared in over 150 newspapers, magazines and partworks.

Nigel Cawthorne studied at University College, London, where he gained an Honours degree in Physics, before turning to writing as a career. He has been a writer and editor for over 25 years, the last 21 freelance. He has written, contributed to and edited more than sixty books, including Fighting Them On The Beaches: D-Day, 6 June 1944, The Battle of Britain, Vietnam: A War Lost and Won, Stalin, and The Story of the SS. His work has also appeared in over a hundred and fifty newspapers, magazines and partworks on both sides of the Atlantic - from the Sun to the Financial Times, and includes contributions to Nam, Eyewitness Nam and The Falklands War. Nigel also visited Vietnam with the legendary Tim Page, where he researched the material for Nam, Eyewitness Nam, and The Bamboo Cage. He is also the creator of websites on the Battle of Hastings, and Pearl Harbor.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8

I Victims 13

II The Privateers 29

III The Buccaneers 51

IV 'The Richest and Wickedest City in the New World' 77

V The Weapons 107

VI The Ships 127

VII Life Aboard the Pirate Ships 139

VIII Captain Kidd and the Lure of the Orient 169

IX The Suppression of Piracy 193

X The Swashbuckling Continues 223

Further Reading 234

Index 236

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