The Romance of Piracy: The Story of the Adventures, Fights, and Deeds of Daring of Pirates, Filibusters, and Buccaneers from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

by Edward Keble Chatterton

The Library of Romance is a series of books concerning the romance of scientific facts, be it biology, chemistry, history, or politics. This volume is one of history, concerning an account of the known facts of piracy, starting with the Vikings, and arching in history and geography toward an account of piracy in Chinese waters at around the time of publication of this volume (1914).

Genres: History, Pirates

344 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1914

About the author

Edward Keble Chatterton was a prolific writer who published around a hundred books, pamphlets and magazine series, mainly on maritime and naval themes.

Reviews

[Izzie Flynn · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't even want to give it one star. I was very very disappointed with this book. Maybe I had high hopes but I was truly gutted. It was terribly dull. 200 pages in and I just want to scratch my eyes out. I already know a fair bit about pirates but this book was not informative whatsoever. The writing felt almost like an elaborate shopping list. My husband told me to learn to let go of books that aren't worth the time. I wasted too much on this book thinking it would get better.

What a waste of my time. :(