The Penguin Book of Pirates Custom Print Date: after 1714

Date: after 1714

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This account shows that eighteenth-century capitalism drove not only repeated wars and overseas imperialism but also spurred political leaders to strive for global stability

The Penguin Book of Pirates Custom Print Date: after 1714Real life accounts of the worlds most notorious pirates, from the Golden Age of Piracy and beyond. Spanning three centuries and eight thousand nautical miles, and compiled by a direct descendant of a sailor who waged war with pirates in the early nineteenth century, The Penguin Book of Pirates takes us behind the eye patches, the peg legs, and the skull and crossbones of the Jolly Roger and into the no mans land of piracy that is rife with paradoxes