Overview
This book sets out to discover the truth behind the stereotypical image of the pirate. Examining the rich literary and cultural legacy of piratical icons from Blackbeard to Captain Hook, the author compares the legends with their historical counterparts and comes up with some surprising conclusions. In a wider overview of the piracy myth, he explores its enduring and extraordinary appeal and assesses the reality behind the romance, answering in the process questions such as: why did men become pirates; were there any women pirates; how much money did they make from their plundering and looting; what effect did their activities have on trade in the Caribbean and elsewhere. And were pirates really dashing highwaymen of the seven seas or just vicious cutthroats and robbers. From Long John Silver to Henry Morgan, Robert Louis Stevenson to J.M. Barrie, this book examines all the heavyweights of history and literature and presents a survey of this phenomenon.
Full Product Details
Author: David Cordingly
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Imprint: Poppy
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.720kg
ISBN: 9780316911481
ISBN 10: 0316911488
Pages: 338
Publication Date: 01 September 2002
Recommended Age: From 15 to 17 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
"""Frothy ... fun ... Their outrageous lifestyles and antics--and the snide omniscient narrator--will keep readers turning the pages."" ""Frothy...fun...Their outrageous lifestyles and antics--and the snide omniscient narrator--will keep readers turning the pages."" ""Readers who have always wished Danielle Steel and Judith Krantz would write about teenagers are in for a superficial, nasty, guilty pleasure. The book has the effect of gossip itself--once you enter it's hard to extract yourself; teens will devour this whole."" ""A highly enjoyable speedboat of a read, zipping along at lightning speed, leaving adolescent angst, wounded egos, and Manolo Blahnik mules in its wake."" Frothy...fun...Their outrageous lifestyles and antics-and the snide omniscient narrator-will keep readers turning the pages."""
An attempt to disentangle the myth from the reality of walking the plank, pieces of eight, buried treasure, pirate galleons, peg-legs and eye patches. The book aims to undermine many people's misconceptions about pirates, and inform the reader what really happened come hell and high water .
Author Information
Cecily von Ziegesar is the creator of the #1 bestselling Gossip Girl and #1 bestselling It Girl novels. She has always lived in New York City.
