A General History of the Pyrates by Daniel Defoe

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A General History of the Pyrates

by Daniel Defoe

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The start of many pirate tales that have been picked over and reused so much that its worth going back to read the original. The Sun journalist of his day, how much is founded in fact? (

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1724

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A GENERAL HISTORY of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates has been the source of our best-loved seagoing adventure stories from Treasure Island and Peter Pan to Hollywood's Captain Blood and The Black Swan.

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Immensely readable history by the author of Robinson Crusoe incorporates the author's celebrated flair for journalistic detail, and represents the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century. Defoe recounts the daring and bloody deeds of such outlaws as Edward Teach (alias Blackbeard), Captain Kidd, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, many others.

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