Navigators: Pirates

Navigators #62

by Peter Chrisp

Pub 2014-03-13 48 English Pan Macmillan Take to the seas and journey back in time to meet some of history's most terrifying characters Daring and skulduggery were alive and kicking when Cilician pirates kidnapped Julius Caesar.. when a 17th-century buccaneer cut out his victim's heart and when Blackbeard roamed the seas. Explore a pirate ship. meet fearsome female pirates and learn about modern piracy.

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published August 1, 2011

About the author

Peter Chrisp is a British children's author of books on history. With over sixty books published, his various works include Blitzkrieg!, Dorling Kindersly's Ancient Egypt Revealed and Ancient Rome Revealed, The Spanish Conquests of the New World, and many more.

He first began writing history after working on the Mass-Observation archive at the University of Sussex. He has also worked as a writer on the online project "Icons of England".

Aside from his publications in literature, he is also an artist, who has exhibited collections of his cartoons and hand-drawn postcards during Brighton Festival. He is an inveterate theatre- and concert-goer, and during the Edinburgh Festival regularly views three shows a day. He collects original art works, and is a fan of Eric Ravilious and Jonny Hannah among others.

At present, Mr. Chrisp acts as one of Brighton's cultural attaches to Lewes. This is believed to be largely an honorary position. He is also being talked of as a possible future Mayor of Brighton.

Reviews

[Fives OnTheFly · Rating 3 out of 5]

We used this book to celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day. It had a wealth of information about real life pirates.

[Kim Heimbuch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review coming soon

[Daniel]

Great text features. Good vocab.