
- 228 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A fresh, revealing biography of the notorious seventeenth-century Welsh pirate and military and political leader.
This is the story of a Welshman who became one of the most ruthless and brutal buccaneers of the golden age of piracy. His name was Captain Sir Henry Morgan and, unlike his contemporaries, he was not hunted down and killed or captured by the authorities. Instead he was considered a hero in England and given a knighthood as well as being made governor of Jamaica. As Graham Thomas reveals in this fresh biography of this complex and intriguing character, Morgan was an exceptional military leader whose prime motivation was to amass as much wealth as he could by sacking and plundering settlements, towns, and cities up and down the Spanish Main.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction: Marching with Morgan
- Part I: The Buccaneer
- Part II: The Politician
- Legacy
- Appendix I: Modyford’s Reasons for Granting Commissions
- Appendix II: The John Deane Affair and Vaughan’s Accusations Against Morgan
- Appendix III: Morgan’s Defence
- Appendix IV: The Francis Mingham Affair
- Bibliography
- Notes