Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780307763075 (0307763072)
Publish date: February 6th 2013
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
History,
Reference,
Mystery,
Crime,
Pirates,
Research,
European History,
World History,
Maritime
Not as entertaining as his previous book about Seafaring women. I'm taking a bit of a break on this one.
Thanks to Treasure Island and Peter Pan when someone mentions "pirate" a certain swashbuckling image is conjured up, perhaps Errol Flynn rescuing some handsome maiden. Unfortunately most of that mythology has little basis in fact. Walking the plank, for example has no historical basis according to D...
Non-fiction book on pirates. Cordingly does a good job of showing that although the reality of pirate life was not as benign or romantic as today's consumer of piratical historical fictions would like to think, the truth is just as fascinating and interesting as the fiction.The book is well-research...
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