Pirates

Pirates
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780762768356
ISBN-13 : 0762768355
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Book Synopsis Pirates by : Angus Konstam

Download or read book Pirates written by Angus Konstam and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angus Konstam setssail through the brutal history of piracy, separating myth from legend and fact from fiction. Pirates takes us into the depths of the pirate’s dark world, examining the many colorful characters from Cretans and Vikings to French corsairs and the British rogues of the golden age of piracy, such as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd and even two women pirates, Mary Read and Ann Bonny, who became pregnant to avoid execution. A blood-soaked, riveting account, itprovides a complete history of the fearsome threat on the high seas from the marauders in the pages of antiquity to the Somali pirates in the headlines of today.


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