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ATDrake · 02-04-2015, 08:23 AM

Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

The Golden Age of Piracy: A Short History of Privateers, Buccaneers and Pirates in the Caribbean by award-winning Canadian author Stephen R. Bown, who's a professional history book writer published by Douglas & MacIntyre, one of our top homegrown publishers (before it got acquired by the Random Penguin House), an overview of Exactly What It Says In The Title, which may or may not have been modified from his old columns in the Canadian history magazine formerly known as The Beaver, like his other freebie was.

Mariners were plagued by a multitude of dangers during the Great Age of Sail, "whole crews were drowned; men, women and children were starved to death in open boats; half starved sailors mutinied, scurvy ravaged helpless crews, but the worst danger of all was to fall into the hands of the pirates."

Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries daring sea-rovers such as Francis Drake and Henry Morgan, armed with dubious letters of reprisal, wreaked havoc on Spanish treasure fleets hauling the gold of the New World across the Atlantic. The early 18th century, however, was piracy's golden age -- an age when notorious cutthroats such as Blackbeard and Bartholomew Roberts almost paralyzed Caribbean commerce. Mere mention of these murderous marauders sent a shaft of fear through the hearts of merchants and sailors.

As violently and quickly as they arose these blackguards and villains were ruthlessly suppressed, leaving nothing but tales of their infamous deeds to future generations. Illustrated with hundreds of historical images. By the author of the ebook exclusive Wanders & Nomads: True Stories of Wild and Eccentric Explorers in the Americas.

02-04-2015, 08:23 AM	#133
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon: The Golden Age of Piracy: A Short History of Privateers, Buccaneers and Pirates in the Caribbean by award-winning Canadian author Stephen R. Bown, who's a professional history book writer published by Douglas & MacIntyre, one of our top homegrown publishers (before it got acquired by the Random Penguin House), an overview of Exactly What It Says In The Title, which may or may not have been modified from his old columns in the Canadian history magazine formerly known as The Beaver, like his other freebie was. Mariners were plagued by a multitude of dangers during the Great Age of Sail, "whole crews were drowned; men, women and children were starved to death in open boats; half starved sailors mutinied, scurvy ravaged helpless crews, but the worst danger of all was to fall into the hands of the pirates." Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries daring sea-rovers such as Francis Drake and Henry Morgan, armed with dubious letters of reprisal, wreaked havoc on Spanish treasure fleets hauling the gold of the New World across the Atlantic. The early 18th century, however, was piracy's golden age -- an age when notorious cutthroats such as Blackbeard and Bartholomew Roberts almost paralyzed Caribbean commerce. Mere mention of these murderous marauders sent a shaft of fear through the hearts of merchants and sailors. As violently and quickly as they arose these blackguards and villains were ruthlessly suppressed, leaving nothing but tales of their infamous deeds to future generations. Illustrated with hundreds of historical images. By the author of the ebook exclusive Wanders & Nomads: True Stories of Wild and Eccentric Explorers in the Americas.