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The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
Random House Trade Paperbacks
May 2006
On Sale: May 9, 2006
360 pages
ISBN: 081297722X
EAN: 9780812977226
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Non-Fiction
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. 16 pp. of photos. Maps.
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