Who were the real pirates of the Caribbean (and elsewhere)? Following on from the "New York Times" number one bestseller "Pirates", comes "Pirates: Rogues' Gallery", in which we come face to face with some of the most villainous and scurrilous rogues ever to sail the seven seas. Included are Captain Henry Morgan, who began his career as a pirate and ended as Governor of Jamaica; the notorious Blackbeard, who terrorized the Caribbean and the Atlantic seaboard of America until he met his end in a dramatic shoot-out with Captain Richard Maynard; Captain Kidd, whose legendary treasure is still sought after; and William Dampier, best known today as a pioneering explorer, but who began his adventures as a privateer on the Spanish Main. It also includes special pull out items including a pirate's journal and a fold-out pistol.
Captain Henry Morgan, William Dampier, Jean Bart, Captain Kidd, The
Captain's Cabin, Thomas Tew, Henry Avery, Women Pirates, Edward Teach, Black
Sam Bellamy, Batholomew Roberts, Edward Low, Pirate Haunts.
John Matthews is the author of numerous books including number one New York Times bestseller Pirates. He has devoted much of the past 30 years to the study of Arthurian legend and of myth in general. Much in demand as a speaker, both in Europe and the USA, he has taught at (among others) the Temenos Academy in London, St Hilda's College, Oxford, the New York Open Centre, the Omega Centre and at the University of Seattle in Washington.
