The Notorious Edward Low: Pursuing the Last Great Villain of Piracy's Golden Age

Author:   Len Travers ,  Paul Woodson
Publisher:   Tantor Audio
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9798874779801


Publication Date:   12 March 2024
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The Notorious Edward Low: Pursuing the Last Great Villain of Piracy's Golden Age


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"Following the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) a decade-long wave of sea-robbery plagued the Atlantic rim--often glamorized as the ""Golden Age of Piracy"". Boston-based laborer, Edward Low, left his mark on pirate history as the most vicious and sadistic raider of them all. Low's reputation, and those of other pirates, was crafted through newspapers and literature. Romanticized as anti-heroes and egalitarians in a monarchical world who had liberated themselves from the constraints of law and society ashore, these marauders came to enjoy an immortality bestowed upon them by generations of historians, novelists, and movie makers. That persistent gloss masks a more sordid reality. Travers demonstrates that, feared as they certainly were, pirates were largely ordinary seamen trapped in desperate circumstances who, in the end, had little to show for their efforts. Contrary to popular portrayals, for pirates it was a time of radically diminishing returns, scant treasure, and increasingly successful suppression by state authorities. The Notorious Edward Low puts individual actors, from colonial governors to captains to common seamen, at center stage, and reveals how British authorities used new anti-piracy laws to reclaim authority over their fractious North American colonies--a compelling story with its own brand of true-life swashbuckling on the high seas."

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Author:   Len Travers ,  Paul Woodson
Publisher:   Tantor Audio
Imprint:   Tantor Audio
ISBN:  

9798874779801


Publication Date:   12 March 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Len Travers is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, and the author of Hodges' Scout: A Lost Patrol of the French and Indian War. Paul Woodson has won SOVAS and AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has recorded close to 350 audiobooks in many different genres-including romance, fiction, history, biography, and mystery-and received his BFA in acting from Boston University. In his theater days, he worked in many NYC shows, toured the USA and Europe, and played the title role as Vincent van Gogh in the sung-through, OOBR Award-winning musical Vincent. He enjoys backpacking the Appalachian Trail and visiting National Parks in his spare time. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA.

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