Pirates: The Complete History From 1300 Bc To The Present Day

Konstam, Angus

ISBN 10: 0762773952 / ISBN 13: 9780762773954

Verlag: Lyons Press, 2011

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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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Angus Konstam, an expert on the history of piracy, is the author of more than fifty books, including History of Pirates and History of Shipwrecks (both Lyons Press). A former naval officer and underwater archaeologist, he advised the archaeologists who excavated Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge and has appeared on the History Channel.

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Titel: Pirates: The Complete History From 1300 Bc ...
Verlag: Lyons Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: very_good