Angus konstam hails from the orkney islands, and is the author of over 50 books, 30 of which are published by osprey. The romance and the reality of life among the pirates by david cordingly, the pirate hunter. Often romanticised in print and on the silver screen, reallife pirates were a brutal menace that plagued the high seas. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading blackbeard. Popular pirate history books meet your next favorite book. Avaliable format in pdf, epub, mobi, kindle, e book and audiobook. Konstams book is a wonderful companion to the more scholarly treatment of blackbeard provided in mr. A former naval officer and museum professional, he worked as a curator of weapons in the tower of london and as the chief curator in the mel fisher maritime museum in key west, florida, before becoming a fulltime historian and writer. He has also written a 100 edition partwork series on naval history for ospreydel prado. This book gives an accurate picture of the pirates who sailed in the waters of the caribbean and off the american coastline during the. Angus konstam born 2 january 1960 is a scottish author and historian. Konstam angus the pirate world a history of the most notorious sea robbers. Engraving of blackbeard the pirate holding a sword.
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Angus konstam is a prolific author, with over 50 historical titles in print. Born in aberdeen, scotland and raised on the orkney islands, he now resides in edinburgh. The book ends with the probable discovery of his ship queen annes revenge in 2000, and compares depictions of blackbeard in literature and movies with the real life man. In september 1943, in the first weeks of the allied campaign to liberate italy, an angloamerican invasion force of over 80,000 men was nearly beaten back into the sea by the german defenders in a ferocious tenday battle at salerno, south of naples. In this book, angus konstam separates myth from reality, tracing the history of piracy through the centuries, from the pirates who plagued the ancient egyptians to the viking raids and on to the era of privateers. Angus konstam successfully combines a vivid account of a famous pirate with a richly detailed survey of his turbulent and brutal world. Americas most notorious pirate by angus konstam fiction cinnamon and gunpowder by eli brown pirate latitudes a novel by michael crichton strike from the deep by. This acclaimed author has written several books on piracy, including the history of pirates, and blackbeard. He has written more than 60 books on maritime history, naval history, historical atlases, and other historical nonfiction. Angus konstam hails from the orkney islands, and is the author of over 100 books, 60 of which are published by osprey. Pdf pirate ship 1660 1730 download full pdf book download. She was commissioned in july 1708 under the command of captain henry lawson, who commanded her at first in the bristol channel in 1709, moving to the channel islands in 1710, and then into the english channel in 1711. Lees earlier work entitled blackbeard the pirate, a reappraisal of his life and times and the two works together will give the reader a good understanding of just who was the historical blackbeard and what was going on in his world. For anyone who enjoyed under the black flag or the pirate hunter, this book.
This acclaimed and widely published author has written several books on piracy, including the history of pirates, and blackbeard. Pirates, privateers, and rebel raiders of the carolina coast chapel hill, nc, 2000, 2932. Pirate expert angus konstam follows in blackbeard s bloody wake through the caribbean and describes his encounters with many others in the trade, especially at benjamin horngold. Americas most notorious pirate kindle edition by konstam, angus. Americas most notorious pirate by angus konstam and on stranger tides by tim powers, on which the next pirates of the caribbean movie is to be based. Blair, 1974 edward teach, better known as blackbeard, was one of the most notorious pirates ever to plague the atlantic coast. A former naval officer and museum professional, he is an expert on weapons, shipwrecks, and piracy who has advised several underwater archaeological groups including the team working on blackbeard s sunken flagship. Konstam paints a wide canvas of blackbeard and his life and times, of the. America s most notorious pirate by konstam, angus isbn. Pirate hunting in north carolina 1718 raid book new providence. Buy this book konstam, the scottish author of more than 50.
Exploring the early americas features selections from the more than 3,000 rare. Pirate expert angus konstam follows in blackbeards bloody wake through the caribbean and describes his encounters with many others in the trade, especially at benjamin horngolds pirate school in the bahamas. The barbary pirates 15th17th centuries angus konstam. Pdf pearl fairweather pirate captain download full pdf. Investigating the fascination pirates hold over the popular imagination, peter earle takes the fable of oceangoing robin hoods sailing under the banner of king death and contrasts it with the murderous reality of robbery, torture and death and the freedom of a short, violent life on the high seas.
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