Pirates
eBook - ePub

Pirates

Truth and Tales

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eBook - ePub

Pirates

Truth and Tales

About this book

The historian R. H. Tawney famously wrote, 'The sixteenth century lives in terror of the tramp.' The eighteenth century lived in terror of the tramps of the seas ā€“ pirates. Pirates have fascinated people ever since. It was a harsh life for those who went 'on the account', constantly overshadowed by the threat of death ā€“ through violence, illness, shipwreck, or the hangman's noose. The lure of gold, the excitement of the chase and the freedom that life aboard a pirate ship offered were judged by some to be worth the risk. Helen Hollick explores both the fiction and fact of the Golden Age of piracy, and there are some surprises in store for those who think they know their Barbary Corsair from their boucanier. Everyone has heard of Captain Morgan, but who recognises the name of the aristocratic Frenchman Daniel Montbars? He killed so many Spaniards he was known as 'The Exterminator'. The fictional world of pirates, represented in novels and movies, is different from reality. What draws readers and viewers to these notorious hyenas of the high seas? What are the facts behind the fantasy?

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Information

Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781445652160
Edition
0
Subtopic
Military & Maritime History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Timeline
  3. Foreword: Weigh Anchor!
  4. 1 - What We Think We Know about Pirates
  5. 2 - What We Ought to Know (Skip This Chapter If You Donā€™t Want To Be Disillusioned.)
  6. 3 - An Acorne, that ā€˜Sparrer Fellerā€™, and a Few Other Old Salts
  7. 4 - Captain Henry Jennings: A War with Spain, Wrecked Ships and Some Sunken Treasure
  8. 5 - Turning Fact into Fiction
  9. 6 - Captain Howell Davies
  10. 7 - Keep to the Code
  11. 8 - A Prince of Pirates: Captain Samuel Bellamy
  12. 9 - Harbours and Safe Havens
  13. 10 - Fictional Nassau
  14. 11 - Captain Morgan: The Pirate, Not the Rum (That Comes Next)
  15. 12 - A Rumbullion Rumbustion of Rum
  16. 13 - The Dandy of the Caribbean ā€“ Jack Rackham aka Calico Jack
  17. 14 - An Encounter with Blackbeard
  18. 15 - Here Come the Girls: Anne Bonny and Mary Read
  19. 16 - Their Last Fight
  20. 17 - Were Women There in the Golden Age of Piracy?
  21. 18 - Governing the Ungovernable: Woodes Rogers and Alexander Spotswood
  22. 19 - Meeting the Fictional Woodes Rogers
  23. 20 - Pleasure and Leisure
  24. 21 - The Chicken Race
  25. 22 - The Not So Private Privateer: William Dampier, and a College Founded on Pirate Loot
  26. 23 - A Matter of Medicine
  27. 24 - The Black Heart of Blackbeard
  28. 25 - Captain Jesamiah Acorne
  29. 26 - No Quarter: Weapons and Fighting Skills
  30. 27 - A Successful Pirate; Bartholomew Roberts
  31. 28 - Trade. Tobacco and Slavery
  32. 29 - Stede Bonnet, The Gentleman Pirate
  33. 30 - A Sailorā€™s Life For Me: At Least Until Dinner Is Served
  34. 31 - Thomas Tew
  35. 32 - Good Enough For Grown Ups
  36. 33 - Will The Real Author Stand Up?
  37. 34 - Gaol
  38. 35 - Hanging on to Dance the Hempen Jig with Jack Ketch
  39. 36 - Are You Kidding? Hanged Twice?
  40. 37 - A Reign of Terror: Charles Vane
  41. 38 - Black Sails
  42. 39 - Sing Along a Shanty
  43. 40 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Not All Treasure Is Silver And Gold, Mate
  44. 41 - Pirate or Privateer? Captain Benjamin Hornigold
  45. 42 - An Important Accessory: The Ship
  46. 43 - Frenchmanā€™s Creek
  47. 44 - Another Frenchman ā€“ But a Real One This Time
  48. 45 - Getting There and Back
  49. 46 - The Lowest of the Lowe
  50. 47 - Hoist the Colours
  51. 48 - Two More Immortal Captains
  52. 49 - A Few Not-So-Well-Knowns
  53. 50 - Scratch a Stay and No Whistling: Superstitions
  54. 51 - Edward England
  55. 52 - Action and Adventure
  56. 53 - Talking Like a Pirate
  57. Picture Section
  58. Epilogue: Drop Anchor
  59. Glossary of Terms
  60. Nautical Measurements
  61. Bibliography
  62. Acknowledgements