The Penguin Book of Pirates
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| Verlag | Penguin Random House |
| Auflage | 2024 |
| Seiten | 400 |
| Format | 12,8 x 19,4 x 1,7 cm |
| Gewicht | 275 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9780143137511 |
| Bestell-Nr | 14313751EA |
Real-life accounts of the world s most notorious pirates both men and women, from the Golden Age of Piracy and beyond compiled by the New York Times bestselling author of A True Account: Hannah Masury s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself
A Penguin Classic
Spanning three centuries and eight thousand nautical miles, and compiled by a direct descendant of a sailor who waged war with pirates in the early nineteenth century, The Penguin Book of Pirates takes us behind the eye patches, the peg legs, and the skull and crossbones of the Jolly Roger and into the no-man s-land of piracy that is rife with paradoxes and plot twists. Here, in a fascinating array of accounts that include trial transcripts, journalism, ship logs, and more, are the grit and patois of real maritime marauders like the infamous Blackbeard; the pirates who inspired Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean, Stede Bonnet in Max s Our Flag Means Death, and the Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princ ess Bride; the astoundingly egalitarian multi-ethnic and multilingual crews that became enmeshed in historical horrors like the slave trade; and lesser-known but no less formidable women pirates, many of whom disguised themselves as men. By turns brutal, harrowing, and inspiring, these accounts of the radically free sailors who were citizens more of the oceangoing world than of any nation on land remind us of the glories and dangers of the open seas and the seductive appeal of communities forged in resistance.
Leseprobe:
Contents
The Seventeenth Century and Before
Francis Drake Grace O Malley Jack Ward Samuel Palache William Jackson Thomas Veal Henry Morgan Henry Mainwaring Alexander Exquemelin Henry Avery William Kidd Thomas Tew
The Golden Age
The proclamation pardoning pirates Howell Davis Christopher Condent Edward Ned Low Edward Blackbeard Teach Bartholomew Black Bart Roberts Samuel Black Sam Bellamy William Snelgrave John Upton Richard Luntly Anne Bonny and Mary Reade John Philips Philip Ashton William Fly Fanny Campbell Jose Gasper
The Nineteenth Century
First Barbary War Zheng Yi Sao Jean Laffite Schooner Jane The Dover The Porpoise The Alligator The Belvidere The Mary The New Priscilla The Friendship The Mexican La Amistad
Rezension:
Thrilling. Romantic. Fascinating. And also scary . . . A picture of pirates as they really were. Parade
For those interested in pirates, this book is a must read. . . . Howe s detailed account takes the reader way beyond the people and crafts of familiar Disneyesque tales. The expression truth is stranger than fiction definitely applies to piracy. Newport This Week
