About this book
Fictional works have depicted the pirate as a swashbuckling anti-hero who forced prisoners to walk the plank and raided ships for treasure. Reality was often far more extraordinary and violent and this publication, compiled with extracts from biographies of the period, letters and court documents, news articles and other sources, builds up an authentic picture of the lives and deaths of the most infamous pirates. 51 b/w and 6 colour illustrations. 192 pages.