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Life Among the Pirates

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780349113142

Price: £10.99

ON SALE: 6th April 2000

Genre: Humanities / History

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What were pirates really like? How much, if any, of the piratical stereotype – of a dashingly handsome man with an eye-patch, peg-leg and a parrot on his shoulder – is based on the documented fact.
In this revealing and highly original study David Cordingly sets out to discover the truth behind the piracy myth, exploring its enduring and extraordinary appeal, and answering such questions as: why did men become pirates? Were there any women pirates? How much money did they make from plundering and looting? And were pirates really dashing highwaymen of the Seven Seas or just vicious cut-throats and robbers?
From Long John Silver to Henry Morgan, Robert Louis Stevenson to J.M. Barrie, LIFE AMONG THE PIRATES examines all the heavyweights of history and literature and presents the essential survey of this fascinating phenomenon.

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There is much to entertain and fascinate in all sections of Cordingly's readable book
GLASGOW HERALD
A comprehensive and colourful account of seafaring life.
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
Cordingly knows all there is to know about his subject
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Excellent
TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT
Readable, wideranging and entertaining
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Fascinating
GUARDIAN
Splendidly illuminates the blurred distinctions between pirates, privateers and those who attacked ships in the name of their sovereigns
EVENING STANDARD
Entertaining and popular but also serious in its intent
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT