A History of Pirates: Blood and Thunder on the High Seas
by Nigel Cawthorne
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The modern image of the pirate is derived from Captain Charles Johnson's accounts of the cut-throats who sailed under the Jolly Roger. It was he who gave mythical status to the likes of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd. Using contemporary sources, Nigel Cawthorne now turns the spotlight on the reality of pirate life, revealing the truth behind the legends. It gives us an insight into the men - and women - their weapons, their ships, their unhappy victims and their hide-outs, including the capital show more city of the pirate 'empire', Port Royal in Jamaica - known as the 'wickedest city in the world'. show lessTags
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Nigel Cawthorne has been a writer and editor for twenty-five years and has written, contributed to and edited more than sixty books on a wide range of subjects. He has also contributed to the Guardian, Daily Mail, Mirror and the New York Tribune, amongst others
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- Canonical title
- A History of Pirates: Blood and Thunder on the High Seas
- Important places
- Caribbean Sea
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- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 364.164 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Crime Criminal offenses Crimes of property Violent offenses against property
- LCC
- G535 .C39 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Geography (General) Adventures, shipwrecks, buried treasure, etc.
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- Languages
- English, German, Italian
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