The Pirate Wars

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Macmillan, 27 jun 2006 - 304 páginas
"The Pirate Wars" takes the romantic fable of oceangoing Robin Hoods sailing under the "banner of King Death" and contrasts it with the murderous reality of robbery, torture, and murder on the high seas. Noted maritime historian Peter Earle charts centuries of piracy, from Cornwall to the Caribbean, from the sixteenth century to the hanging of the last pirate captain in Boston in 1835. Along the way, we meet characters like Edward Teach, the notorious "Blackbeard," the treasure-hungry Captain Kidd, the dreaded corsairs of Barbary, and the defiant buccaneers of the West Indies.
"The Pirate Wars" is an account of the golden age of pirates and of the men of the legitimate navies of the world charged with the task of finally bringing these cutthroats to justice. "Wonderfully detailed." ---"San Antonio Express-News""" "A well-researched effort on an extensive subject, this is highly recommended."---"Library Journal"
"Fascinating...His scholarship is solid, and his telling of this complex story is lucid and well paced."---"The Sunday Telegraph" (UK) "A thoroughly entertaining read that dispels a number of myths and spins many a good yarn." ---"Daily Mail" (UK)
"Earle is both swashbuckling and serious in this marvelous survey of piracy over 230 years." ---"The Oxford Times" (UK)
 

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Chapter Two A Nation of Pirates
15
Chapter Three Gods Plunderers
37
Chapter Four Cleansing Home Waters
55
Chapter Five Containing the Corsairs
69
Chapter Six The Buccaneers
87
Chapter Seven The Red Sea
109
Chapter Eight War Against the Pirates
133
Chapter Nine The Golden Age of Pirates
157
Chapter Ten Extermination
181
Chapter Eleven Maritime Mayhem Revived
209
Chapter Twelve An End to Piracy
229
Notes
255
Bibliography
277
Index
291
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Peter Earle formerly taught at the London School of Economics and is now Emeritus Reader in Economic History at the University of London. He is the author of more than a dozen books on English social and maritime history, including The Sack of Panamá, and The Pirate Wars, among many others. He lives in England.

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