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The Pirate World
- Author
- Angus Konstam
- Narrator
- Jonathan Cowley
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 19 February 2019
- Run Time
- 9 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- History, Maritime history, True crime
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- Author
- Angus Konstam
- Narrator
- Jonathan Cowley
- Duration
- 9 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 February 2019
- ISBN
- 9781977347251
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- History, Maritime history, True crime
Synopsis
Often romanticized in print and on the silver screen, real-life pirates were a brutal menace that plagued the high seas. In this book, Angus Konstam separates myth from reality, tracing the history of piracy through the centuries, from the pirates who plagued the Ancient Egyptians to the Viking raids and on to the era of privateers. He discusses the so-called "Golden Age of Piracy" and colorful characters such as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, before examining the West's initial encounters with Eastern pirates off the Chinese coast and the phenomenon of the modern pirate.
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