Pirate
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Pirates have a well-earned bad reputation, and this book invites
the reader to join their ranks. Here you will discover everything
the aspiring pirate needs to know in order to join a crew and start
– and possibly end – a life of adventure, plunder and glory. The
hopeful initiate is educated on all manner of piratical concerns:
the history of this dishonourable tradition stretching back to
ancient Greece and Rome, essentials of language and dress, notably
dastardly pirate role models from around the world, including
Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, but also some less well known, such as
Eustace the Monk and Anne Bonny and Mary Read, what to expect of
life at sea, the best weapons to have, how to capture a prize on
the high seas, and much more. Author Stephen Turnbull has studied
the archives and travelled to pirate locations around the world in
researching this fictionalized account, written as a pirate’s
training manual for a young recruit, but solidly grounded in fact,
based on the year 1793, a golden age for piracy. His lively and
engaging manual provides answers to all the questions you may have
wondered about – did they really walk the plank (probably not),
keep parrots, bury treasure and mark it with an X on the map? And
you may be surprised to learn what their usual style of hat
actually was. Illustrated throughout with contemporary artifacts,
documents and prints, as well as modern reconstructions, this
light-hearted but informative guide will captivate readers young
and old, and covers with authority every aspect of what it was
really like to be a pirate.
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Stephen Turnbull ,
Thames & Hudson
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Thames & Hudson
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