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The Book Of Pirates
Presents the adventures of the great pirates of history, including buccaneers from the Spanish Main as well as the famous Corsairs of the Mediterranean
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319 pages, Hardcover
Published December 3, 1986
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February 10, 2022
Originally printed in 1916, I am sadly unable to say if it's based in good scholarship or not due to my own ignorance. I can say it covers Julius Caesar's brush with pirates. The author, Gilbert, tries to liven the story up with all kinds of conjecture about what the pirates looked like and the dialogue between them and the future dictator. He seems to have invented a pair of half-brothers out of whole cloth in covering the Saxons of Britannia. After that it seems to be a little more grounded in historic accounts, covering known corsairs of the Mediterranean, and buccaneers of the Caribbean. A significant portion is a reprint of Captain Morgan's secretary, and I'm a little ashamed to admit the brute had new words to teach me.
It's probably not the best book on pirates you can find. It did the trick for me, though, so if you stumble upon it in a used book store, or on the shelf of an elderly relative, it might be worth your time.
It's probably not the best book on pirates you can find. It did the trick for me, though, so if you stumble upon it in a used book store, or on the shelf of an elderly relative, it might be worth your time.
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