Product details
Biographical note
Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator, who has worked in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, and Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.
David Rickman is a freelance scholar and illustrator. His clients include American national and state parks, museums and historic sites, as well as publishers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Spain.
Entirely self-taught, Giuseppe Rava is a leading military history artist. He lives and works in Italy. www.g-rava.it
An examination of the life and warfare of the typical pirate during the hey day of piracy.
It charts the way these men (and a few women) were recruited, how they operated, what they looked like and what prospects their lives held. In the process the book strips away many of the myths associated with piracy to reveal the harsh realities of those who lived beyond the normal bounds of society.
Written by pirate expert Angus Konstam, the book draws on decades of research into the subject, and pulls together information from a myriad of sources including official reports, contemporary newspaper reports, trial proceedings and court testimony last words on the scaffold, letters and diaries as well as archaeological evidence and relevant objects and artefacts from museum collections on both sides of the Atlantic.
A must have for fans of the classic pirate stories or warfare in the early 18th century.
Introduction
Chronology
Recruitment
Skills
Appearance
Conditions on board
The Pirate in combat
Plunder
A Pirate’s life
Fate
Collecting
Museums
Re-enactment
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
An examination of the life and warfare of the typical pirate during the hey day of piracy.
It charts the way these men (and a few women) were recruited, how they operated, what they looked like and what prospects their lives held. In the process the book strips away many of the myths associated with piracy to reveal the harsh realities of those who lived beyond the normal bounds of society.
Written by pirate expert Angus Konstam, the book draws on decades of research into the subject, and pulls together information from a myriad of sources including official reports, contemporary newspaper reports, trial proceedings and court testimony last words on the scaffold, letters and diaries as well as archaeological evidence and relevant objects and artefacts from museum collections on both sides of the Atlantic.
A must have for fans of the classic pirate stories or warfare in the early 18th century.
Introduction
Chronology
Recruitment
Skills
Appearance
Conditions on board
The Pirate in combat
Plunder
A Pirate’s life
Fate
Collecting
Museums
Re-enactment
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Product details
Biographical note
Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator, who has worked in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, and Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.
David Rickman is a freelance scholar and illustrator. His clients include American national and state parks, museums and historic sites, as well as publishers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Spain.
Entirely self-taught, Giuseppe Rava is a leading military history artist. He lives and works in Italy. www.g-rava.it