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S'està carregant… The Pirate Warsde Peter Earle
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Certainly a thorough history, but it suffers from a slow start (the Barbary Cosair section was extremely boring). For popular history of the pirates, stick with "Under The Black Flag." If you want more information, this is a good start. ( ) A fascinating study of piracy through the ages. All the household names are here - Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd etc and the reality is seperated from the myth. This is a well researched, thorough and deeply interesting work which provides excitement and historical fact in equal measure. Highly recommended! Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Investigating the fascination pirates hold over the popular imagination, Peter Earle takes the fable of ocean-going Robin Hoods sailing under the banner of King Death and contrasts it with the murderous reality of robbery, torture and death and the freedom of a short, violent life on the high seas. The book charts 250 years of piracy, from Cornwall to the Caribbean, from teh 16th century to the hanging of the last pirate cptain in Boston in 1835. Along the way, we meet characters like Captain Thomas Cocklyn, chosen as commander of his ship on account of his brutality and ignorance, and Edward Teach, the notorious Blackbeard, who felt of his crew that if he did not now and then kill one of them they would forget who he was. Told using material from British Admiralty records, this is an account of the Golden Age of pirates and of the men of the legitimate navies of the world charged with the task of finally bringing these cutthroats to justice. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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