A general history of the pyrates

Defoe

DOVER PUBN Incorporated, 1999 - History - 733 pages

Immensely readable history by the author of Robinson Crusoe incorporates the author's celebrated flair for journalistic detail, and represents the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century. Defoe recounts the daring and bloody deeds of such outlaws as Edward Teach (alias Blackbeard), Captain Kidd, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, many others.

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Review: A General History of the Pyrates

User Review  - Ben Dial - Goodreads

I love me some pirate books. This is the most used source for most historical books about pirates. This is a good book worth reading. That said, there are more comprehensive books out there. This book ...

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User Review  - Rich Hoffman - Goodreads

One of my all time treasures. I simply love this book. I put my hand upon it every night before I go to bed because it resonates history and the tendency of rebellion to push back against the lords of Europe as soon as time and distance makes such things possible.

About the author

Daniel Defoe was born Daniel Foe in London in 1660, adding the "De" after he reached the age of 40. He was a novelist, journalist, and political agent. Defoe's best-known novels include Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. Defoe also wrote the 3-volume A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, an important source of English economic life. He wrote satirical poems and pamphlets and edited a newspaper. Defoe was imprisoned and pilloried for his controversial work, The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, which suggested that all non-Conformist ministers be hanged. Defoe also was the first writer of modern English ghost stories, one of which is "A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal." He died in 1731.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A general history of the pyrates; Dover maritime books
• Author: Defoe
• Editor: Manuel Schonhorn
• Contributor: Manuel Schonhorn
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: DOVER PUBN Incorporated, 1999
• ISBN: 0486404889, 9780486404882
• Length: 733 pages
• Subjects: History / General; Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History