A History of Pirates (A Swashbuckling Compendium of Seafaring Scoundrels) by Montague, Charlotte

Paperback. Good.

Eastbourne, East Sussex: Canary Press. New. 2011. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First printing of UK mass market edition, 2011. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Brand new unopened book. Cover design uncredited with images courtesy of Getty Images and SuperStock. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; B&W Illustrations; 448 pages; The public at large have always, it seems, been enamoured of the more romanticised aspects of the pirate. From Errol Flynn climbing the rigging as Captain Blood in 1935 to the present day Depiction of Captain Jack Sparrow by Johnny Depp. Here is an exploration of the criminal careers of some of the most fascinating actual scoundrels and scallywags to have ever sailed the seven seas. Henry Morgan, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, the Barbarossa Brothers, Anne Bonney and Mary Read, plus many more. .