Buy this book on-line TRAVERS,TIM: : PIRATES: A HistoryUK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.TEMPUS PUBLISHING,2007. ISBN 9780752439365.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,b/w+colour illustration reproductions to dw/dj with brown,grey+white lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+
dw/dj,1st edn,8-316pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters and an epilogue,36pp b/w historical illustratios reproductions,
another 16pp mixture of b/w illus and contemporary photoraphs in two separate blocks; i.e. pp101-136 and pp160/61 respectively,a list of abbreviations,
definitions,list of illustrations,b/w maps,notes,a biblio and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title with b/w illustrated cartouche toverso,a title page,contents list/table with acknowledgements to its verso and 4pp publisher's b/w illustrated advert for other published titles available to the rear of the book.
A world-wide history of piracy from ancient times to the present day.
Not only a history of the true pirates of the Caribbean,'Pirates: A History' explores piracy from ancient to modern times.This unique book offers a rare insight into history's less fictionalised pirates.For example,the blood thirsty Viking raiders who terrorised northern Europe,the Barbary corsairs of North Africa who roamed the seas of the early Mediterranean capturing and enslaving thousands of Europeans,and the legendary female Chinese pirate captain,Lai Choi San,sailing in the 1920s.
The life of a pirate was not always what it seemed.In this history we see how thin the line was between a royally chartered privateer and a profiteering pirate,which was most notably epitomised by the famous exploits of Francis Drake.Then there were the Renegades: Europeans captured by the Barbary corsairs and having converted to Islam some found themselves pirate captains of corsair ships.Often simplified to cutthroat drunkards,many pirate ships in fact operated under surprisingly progressive principles of equality and democracy.The tales of Mary Read,Ann Bonny and Black Caesar were evidence to this extraordinary aspect of life aboard a pirate ship.
The 'golden age' of piracy is given a fresh examination and the colourful characters of the era brought to life.The renowned piracy of well known figures such as Blackbeard,'Black Barty' and William Kidd are chronicled alongside equally fascinating characters,such as 'Calico' Jack Rackham and Le Vasseur,L'Olonnais and Montbars (the 'Exterminator') the torturous French pirates.
Tim Travers is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Calgary,and currently (then 2007) teaches at the University of Victoria in Canada.He has taught the history of piracy at both institutions. He lives in Canada.
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