Pirates of the British Isles

Pirates of the British Isles

AngličtinaMěkká vazba
Baer, Joel
The History Press Ltd
EAN: 9780752423043
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From Blackbeard, to the pirates' pirate, Black Bart, this book encapsulates the true story of the 'golden age of piracy' and how it ended. Pirates are usually thought of as dashing, freedom loving rogues with contempt for the law and its minions. The mythical hero of the golden age of piracy (c.1660-c.1730) lived for the moment, so goes the myth, and the devil take the consequences. Joel Baer shows how false a notion this really is and how aware freebooters were of the law. Baer reveals how, whenever possible, they attempted to walk a fine line between sanctioned privateering and outright piracy.

Pirateers, as they were sometimes called at the time, were often spectacularly successful at this game, exploiting legal loopholes, corrupt officials, and the shifting sands of international relations to legitimize their actions. Joel Baer tells the story of this age through the lens of seven British freebooters. The author details their exuberant and murderous lives, their crimes, and 'prizes', and how the Admiralty forced through Parliament new laws that ultimately defeated them.

EAN 9780752423043
ISBN 0752423045
Typ produktu Měkká vazba
Vydavatel The History Press Ltd
Datum vydání 1. ledna 2005
Stránky 192
Jazyk English
Rozměry 235 x 156 x 8
Země United Kingdom
Sekce General
Autoři Baer, Joel