[Download free pdf] Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (Harvest Book)
• David Cordingly •
| #1370110 in Books | 1997-09-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .80 x6.20 x9.16l, | File Name: 0156005492 | 320 pages
||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Separating the myth and romance from the reality|By doc peterson|As a fan of nautical fiction (Master and Commander (Vol. Book 1) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)), and having read Cordingly's Women Sailors and Sailors' Women, _Under the Black Flag_ was a natural choice for a summer read. Cordingly does a magnificent job of providing details of pirate life: who these men (and women)|.com |Though literature, films, and folklore have romanticized pirates as gallant seaman who hunted for treasure in exotic locales, David Cordingly, a former curator at the National Maritime Museum in England, reveals the facts behind the legends of such outla
"This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read." -- Patrick O'Brian
Pirates are so much a part of legend that it is easy to forget they actually existed. UNDER THE BLACK FLAG tells their story in a rollicking account of the golden age of piracy that is packed with history, anecdote, and above all adventure. Here are the true stories of such bloodthirsty legends as Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, Anne... [PDF.jh69] Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (Harvest Book) Rating: 3.69 (642 Votes)
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