Under the Black Flag

[Matt Derrick]

Matt Derrick submitted a new resource:

Under the Black Flag - The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates

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For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritime Museum has combed original documents and records to produce a most authoritative and definitive account of piracy's "Golden Age."

As he explodes many accepted myths (i.e. "walking the plank" is pure fiction), Cordingly replaces them with a truth that is more complex and often bloodier.

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[psychofoamer]

Read this a while back! Great read. Pirates life was no fairy tale that's for sure

 

[Kal]

Cool