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The Mammoth Book of Pirates
Author(s): Jon E. Lewis
- Publisher: Robinson Publishing
- Publication Date: 18 May 2006
- Language: English
- Print length: 480 pages
- ISBN-10: 1845291158
- ISBN-13: 9781845291150
Book Description
This title presents a rollicking tour of the history of the high seas with Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham, Anne Bonney and other figures of maritime legend. It includes Francis ‘The Scourge of Spain’, Drake’s audacious night-time treasure raid on Nombre de Dios; Alexander Exquemelin’s fly-on-the-wall account of the ‘wicked order of pirates, or robbers of the sea’; the journal of William Dampier, found stashed in a hollow bamboo tube, and much more. Witness skulduggery and malice, terror and excitement – a colourful and always entertaining collection.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“‘Sheer escapism and thoroughly absorbing.’ Manchester Evening News”
About the Author
Jon E. Lewis is a historian and regular author and editor of Mammoth titles, including The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: Everest, The Mammoth Book of Life Before the Mast, and bestselling The Mammoth Book of How it Happened.
