The most authoritative history of piracy, Frank Sherry's rich and colorful account reveals the rise and fall of the real "raiders and rebels" who terrorized the seas from 1692 to 1725.

With 300 stunning photographs, this pictorial history of tramp trade ships illustrates the evolution of these charming, itinerant merchant vessels.

Twelve authors shed new light on the true history and enduring mythology of 17th– and 18th–century pirates in this anthology of scholarly essays that bring the real pirates of the Caribbean to life with a level of rigor and insight rarely applied to the subject.

This is the story of a Welshman who became one of the most ruthless and brutal buccaneers of the golden age of piracy.