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Pirates are back in fashion! Thanks to the antics of fictional Cpt. Jack Sparrow - 'the worst pirate' you've ever seen - swashbuckling fun on the high seas has enjoyed a huge leap in popularity. But as this lavishly illustrated history points out, the term 'swashbuckle' originally had nothing to do with pirates. Many other popular myths are also exploded in a text written by one of the foremost authorities on the subject. In addition to coverage of the 'Golden Age' of the early 18th century, the period that produced most of the buccaneers whose names have gripped the imagination - Blackbeard, Bartholomew Roberts, Kidd - this volume provides fascinating insights into the ancient pirates of the Mediterranean, piracy in the Byzantine era, and tales from the Barbary Coast. Neither are the Indian Ocean nor the South China Sea forgotten, both in history and in the modern era. So sit back and enjoy the exploits of these capricious, sometimes charismatic, and frequently bloodthirsty sea dogs and highwaymen of the oceans.

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