Description: Pirates : Truth and Tales, Paperback by Hollick, Helen, ISBN 1445682834, ISBN-13 9781445682839, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The historian R. H. Tawney famously wrote, 'The sixteenth century lives in terror of the tramp.’ The eighteenth century lived in terror of the tramps of the seas – pirates. Pirates have fascinated people ever was a harsh life for those who went 'on the account’, constantly overshadowed by the threat of death – through violence, illness, shipwreck, or the hangman’s noose. The lure of gold, the excitement of the chase and the freedom that life aboard a pirate ship offered were judged by some to be worth the risk. Helen Hollick explores both the fiction and fact of the Golden Age of piracy, and there are some surprises in store for those who think they know their Barbary Corsair from their has heard of Captain Morgan, but who recognises the name of the aristocratic Frenchman Daniel Montbars? He killed so many Spaniards he was known as 'The Exterminator’.The fictional world of pirates, represented in novels and movies, is different from reality. What draws readers and viewers to these notorious hyenas of the high seas? What are the facts behind the fantasy? Helen Hollick reveals all, weaving into the history her own fictional creations.
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Book Title: Pirates : Truth and Tales
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: General, Maritime History & Piracy, Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Transportation, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 9.7 Oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: Helen Hollick
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
