A General History of The Pyrates

2022-04-18 Fiction

Author : Daniel Defoe
Release : 2022-04-18
Genre : Fiction
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Download or read book A General History of The Pyrates written by Daniel Defoe. This book was released on 2022-04-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A General History of the Pyrates’ is a captivating account of some of history’s most notorious pirates. The author, writing as Captain Charles Johnson, blends fiction and non-fiction to provide readers with a most entertaining version of these iconic heroes and villains. This book was a massive success upon its first release due to its adventurous stories filled with danger and treasure and its influence lives on to this day as it shaped the modern view of pirates. Some of the best accounts in the book are of the infamous Blackbeard and the trailblazing female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. ‘A General History of the Pyrates’ is the definitive story of the golden age of piracy and should be read by fans of books such as ‘Treasure Island’ and movies such as ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’. Daniel Defoe (1660 – 1731) is one of the most important authors in the English language. Defoe was one of the original English novelists and greatly helped to popularise the form. Defoe was highly prolific and is believed to have written over 300 works ranging from novels to political pamphlets. He was highly celebrated but also controversial as his writings influenced politicians but also led to Defoe being imprisoned. Defoe’s novels have been translated into many languages and are still read across the globe to this day. Some of his most famous books include ‘Moll Flanders’ and ‘Robinson Crusoe’ which was adapted into a movie starring Pierce Brosnan and Damian Lewis in 1997. Defoe’s influence on English novels cannot be understated and his legacy lives on to this day.

A General History of the Lives, Murders and Adventures of the Most Notorious Highwaymen Pub Nov 2020

2020 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Charles Johnson
Release : 2020
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book A General History of the Lives, Murders and Adventures of the Most Notorious Highwaymen Pub Nov 2020 written by Charles Johnson. This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Charles Johnson's celebrated 'A General History of the Pirates' (1724) is the most famous book about pirates ever written. Buoyed by the volume's runaway success Johnson followed up with the equally engrossing 'The Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen' (1734) which, published here for the first time in two centuries, provides over 50 accounts of the most notorious British criminals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These include the famous highwayman William Davis, alias The Golden Farmer, the cross-Channel gentleman highwayman Claude du Vall, the prolific road adventurer Old Mob and the royalist carriage raider James Hind. Johnson's volumes, featuring fictional accounts based on factual sources, are significant as the forerunners of the real-life criminal biography genre, and for their influence on such early novels as Defoe's 'Moll Flanders' and Fielding's 'Jonathan Wild'. Originally published in folio size complete with fine engravings, this new edition of 'Highwaymen' not only includes the very best of these original decorative features but also presents a series of related illustrations, playbills, and portraits from the British Library collections.

Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

2018-09-18 History

Author : Eric Jay Dolin
Release : 2018-09-18
Genre : History
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Download or read book Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates written by Eric Jay Dolin. This book was released on 2018-09-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With surprising tales of vicious mutineers, imperial riches, and high-seas intrigue, Black Flags, Blue Waters is “rumbustious enough for the adventure-hungry” (Peter Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle). Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age” - spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s - when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. “Deftly blending scholarship and drama” (Richard Zacks), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Through engrossing episodes of roguish glamour and extreme brutality, Dolin depicts the star pirates of this period, among them the towering Blackbeard, the ill-fated Captain Kidd, and sadistic Edward Low, who delighted in torturing his prey. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Black Flags, Blue Waters is a “tour de force history” (Michael Pierce, Midwestern Rewind) of the seafaring outlaws whose raids reflect the precarious nature of American colonial life.

A Genreal History of the Pirates

2020-07-24 Fiction

Author : Captain Charles Johnson
Release : 2020-07-24
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 197/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A Genreal History of the Pirates written by Captain Charles Johnson. This book was released on 2020-07-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: A Genreal History of the Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson

A General History of the Pirates

2017-11-24

Author : Daniel Defoe
Release : 2017-11-24
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Download or read book A General History of the Pirates written by Daniel Defoe. This book was released on 2017-11-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a remarkable blend of fact and fiction depicting pirate lives in the Golden Age of Piracy."You will be engrossed and entertained by this historical treasure depicting bands of brothers sailing their wooden ships through sun and storm, their robberies on the high seas, forgotten islands, their lofty political ideals and their inexcusable appetite for murder and rape. These vivid stories of the scoundrel outlaws and their bloody deeds, they have captivated readers for centuries, and will keep doing so for centuries to come. Nowhere before or after has the waterways been so infested with crime, as to almost have its perpetrators form a republic of their own.In this latest edition from 2017 pirate scholar Johan Franzén, Master of Arts in Comparative Literature and General History from the Åbo Akademi University, sheds new light on this historical account. His research is here for the first time made available to the broad public, and it comes with valuable insights into the controversial attribution of authorship, and the problems arising when using this work as a source in historical research. This edition includes volume one and two plus the additions made to volume two

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