
By David Cordingly
For this rousing, revisionist historical past, the previous head of exhibitions at England's nationwide Maritime Museum has combed unique files and files to provide a such a lot authoritative and definitive account of piracy's "Golden Age." As he explodes many permitted myths (i.e. "walking the plank" is natural fiction), Cordingly replaces them with a fact that's extra complicated and sometimes bloodier. sixteen pp. of pictures. Maps.
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