Pirates: Truth and Tales

by Helen Hollick

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 - 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 - through violence, illness, shipwreck, or the hangman's noose. The lure of gold, the excitement of the chase and the freedom that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445652153
• ISBN13: 9781445652153
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages