"Usborne paperbacks.". Originally published : London : Usborne, 2004.
Contents:
The golden age of piracy -- The capture of the Bird Galley -- Long Ben, the Arch-Pirate -- The count of Ericeira's Diamonds -- Into the pirates' lair -- The pirate who drank tea -- Captain Kidd: the reluctant pirate -- Two hell-cats -- Marooned -- A novelist escapes the Corsairs -- The conquest of the Quakers -- The saint who survived slavery -- Mrs. Ching, the terror of the South China Seas -- The Black Joke -- Sir Henry Morgan, the King's pirate.
Summary:
A collection of stories about pirates, their hardships and brutality, including pirate captains and those determined to capture them.
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