Publisher Description
For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England’s National Maritime Museum has combed original documents and records to produce a most authoritative and definitive account of piracy’s “Golden Age.” As he explodes many accepted myths (i.e. “walking the plank” is pure fiction), Cordingly replaces them with a truth that is more complex and often bloodier.
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“Love the buccaneers who sailed the seven seas? Then this is your bible. Cordingly explores life among the cutthroat pirates and the fictions that fed (and continue to feed) their legend in our popular consciousness. Read up on the amazing lives and bloody deaths of Blackbeard, Calico Jack, Captain Kidd, Black Bart, and many other pirates and privateers.”
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MKat (5 out of 5 stars)
