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Pirates of the British Isles Paperback - 2005

by Joel Baer


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From Blackbeard, to the pirates' pirate, Black Bart, this book encapsulates the true story of the 'golden age of piracy' and how it ended. Pirates are usually thought of as dashing, freedom loving rogues with contempt for the law and its minions. The mythical hero of the golden age of piracy (c.1660-c.1730) lived for the moment, so goes the myth, and the devil take the consequences. Joel Baer shows how false a notion this really is and how aware freebooters were of the law. Baer reveals how, whenever possible, they attempted to walk a fine line between sanctioned privateering and outright piracy. Pirateers, as they were sometimes called at the time, were often spectacularly successful at this game, exploiting legal loopholes, corrupt officials, and the shifting sands of international relations to legitimize their actions. Joel Baer tells the story of this age through the lens of seven British freebooters. The author details their exuberant and murderous lives, their crimes, and 'prizes', and how the Admiralty forced through Parliament new laws that ultimately defeated them.

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  • Title Pirates of the British Isles
  • Author Joel Baer
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tempus, Gloucestershire
  • Date September 1, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780752423043 / 0752423045
  • Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.56 x 6.42 x 0.97 in (24.28 x 16.31 x 2.46 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Dewey Decimal Code 364.164
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