{"product_id":"the-pirate-wars-9780312335809","title":"The Pirate Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInvestigating the fascination pirates hold over the popular imagination, Peter Earle takes the fable of ocean-going 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Pirate Wars \u003c\/i\u003echarts 250 years of piracy, from Cornwall to the Caribbean, from the 16th century to the hanging of the last pirate captain in Boston in 1835. Along the way, we meet characters like Captain Thomas Cocklyn, chosen as commander of his ship \"on account of his brutality and ignorance,\" and Edward Teach, the notorious \"Blackbeard,\" who felt of his crew \"that if he did not now and then kill one of them they would forget who he was.\" Using material from British Admiralty records, this is an account of the Golden Age of pirates and of the men of the legitimate navies of the world charged with the task of finally bringing these cutthroats to justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Earle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312335809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Earle formerly taught at the London School of Economics and is now Emeritus Reader in Economic History at the University of London. He is the author of over a dozen books on maritime history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42920958820467,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_22c2da1c-d2a7-4e6e-bdfa-75f67cb58926.jpg?v=1742383141","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-pirate-wars-9780312335809","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}