Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486131947
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Considered the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century, this fascinating history by the author of Robinson Crusoe profiles the deeds of Edward (Blackbeard) Teach, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny, others.
A General History of the Pyrates
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486131947
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Considered the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century, this fascinating history by the author of Robinson Crusoe profiles the deeds of Edward (Blackbeard) Teach, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny, others.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486131947
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Considered the major source of information about piracy in the early 18th century, this fascinating history by the author of Robinson Crusoe profiles the deeds of Edward (Blackbeard) Teach, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonny, others.
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates
Author: Charles Johnson
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415286794
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
This is a print of the 1927 reissued 4th edition of A General History of the Pirates- enhanced by the Arthur L. Hayward's editorial touches.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415286794
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
This is a print of the 1927 reissued 4th edition of A General History of the Pirates- enhanced by the Arthur L. Hayward's editorial touches.
A General History of the Lives, Murders and Adventures of the Most Notorious Highwaymen Pub Nov 2020
Author: Charles Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780712352741
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Captain Charles Johnson's celebrated 'A General History of the Pirates' (1724) is the most famous book about pirates ever written. Buoyed by the volume's runaway success Johnson followed up with the equally engrossing 'The Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen' (1734) which, published here for the first time in two centuries, provides over 50 accounts of the most notorious British criminals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These include the famous highwayman William Davis, alias The Golden Farmer, the cross-Channel gentleman highwayman Claude du Vall, the prolific road adventurer Old Mob and the royalist carriage raider James Hind. Johnson's volumes, featuring fictional accounts based on factual sources, are significant as the forerunners of the real-life criminal biography genre, and for their influence on such early novels as Defoe's 'Moll Flanders' and Fielding's 'Jonathan Wild'. Originally published in folio size complete with fine engravings, this new edition of 'Highwaymen' not only includes the very best of these original decorative features but also presents a series of related illustrations, playbills, and portraits from the British Library collections.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780712352741
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Captain Charles Johnson's celebrated 'A General History of the Pirates' (1724) is the most famous book about pirates ever written. Buoyed by the volume's runaway success Johnson followed up with the equally engrossing 'The Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen' (1734) which, published here for the first time in two centuries, provides over 50 accounts of the most notorious British criminals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These include the famous highwayman William Davis, alias The Golden Farmer, the cross-Channel gentleman highwayman Claude du Vall, the prolific road adventurer Old Mob and the royalist carriage raider James Hind. Johnson's volumes, featuring fictional accounts based on factual sources, are significant as the forerunners of the real-life criminal biography genre, and for their influence on such early novels as Defoe's 'Moll Flanders' and Fielding's 'Jonathan Wild'. Originally published in folio size complete with fine engravings, this new edition of 'Highwaymen' not only includes the very best of these original decorative features but also presents a series of related illustrations, playbills, and portraits from the British Library collections.
General History of the Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates
Author: Charles Captain Johnson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461747139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The classic account of the lives & exploits of the most notorious pirates of the Golden Ageāfrom Anne Bonny to Blackbeard
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1461747139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The classic account of the lives & exploits of the most notorious pirates of the Golden Ageāfrom Anne Bonny to Blackbeard
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates - from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence to the present year
Author: Captain Charles Johnson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136484442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
A General History of the Pirates has long been a classic of seafaring literature and was inspiration to both Robert Louis Stevenson and J.M. Barrie. Nothing is known about Captain Charles Johnson, and it is thought that the name may be assumed - there are even some who believe he may have been Daniel Defoe. All that can be stated with any certainty is that in 1724 a small octavo volume appeared that became so popular it grew through 4 editions over 2 years and is still famed today. Historians from both sides of the Atlantic have attested to the accuracy of the work's content. This is a reprint of the 1927 reissued 4th edition - enhanced by the Arthur L. Hayward's editorial touches.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136484442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
A General History of the Pirates has long been a classic of seafaring literature and was inspiration to both Robert Louis Stevenson and J.M. Barrie. Nothing is known about Captain Charles Johnson, and it is thought that the name may be assumed - there are even some who believe he may have been Daniel Defoe. All that can be stated with any certainty is that in 1724 a small octavo volume appeared that became so popular it grew through 4 editions over 2 years and is still famed today. Historians from both sides of the Atlantic have attested to the accuracy of the work's content. This is a reprint of the 1927 reissued 4th edition - enhanced by the Arthur L. Hayward's editorial touches.
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates ...
Pirates!
Author: Celia Rees
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408810352
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
When two young women meet under extraordinary circumstances in the eighteenth-century West Indies, they are unified in their desire to escape their oppressive lives. The first is a slave, forced to work in a plantation mansion and subjected to terrible cruelty at the hands of the plantation manager. The second is a spirited and rebellious English girl, sent to the West Indies to marry well and combine the wealth of two respectable families. But fate ensures that one night the two young women have to save each other and run away to a life no less dangerous but certainly a lot more free. As pirates, they roam the seas, fight pitched battles against their foes and become embroiled in many a heart-quickening adventure. Written in brilliant and sparkling first-person narrative, this is a wonderful novel in which Celia Rees has brought the past vividly and intimately to life.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408810352
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
When two young women meet under extraordinary circumstances in the eighteenth-century West Indies, they are unified in their desire to escape their oppressive lives. The first is a slave, forced to work in a plantation mansion and subjected to terrible cruelty at the hands of the plantation manager. The second is a spirited and rebellious English girl, sent to the West Indies to marry well and combine the wealth of two respectable families. But fate ensures that one night the two young women have to save each other and run away to a life no less dangerous but certainly a lot more free. As pirates, they roam the seas, fight pitched battles against their foes and become embroiled in many a heart-quickening adventure. Written in brilliant and sparkling first-person narrative, this is a wonderful novel in which Celia Rees has brought the past vividly and intimately to life.
A General History of the Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates
Author: Charles Johnson
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press
ISBN: 9780851777320
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
This is a print of the 1927 reissued 4th edition of A General History of the Pirates - enhanced by the Arthur L. Hayward's editorial touches.
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press
ISBN: 9780851777320
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
This is a print of the 1927 reissued 4th edition of A General History of the Pirates - enhanced by the Arthur L. Hayward's editorial touches.
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : Pirates
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : Pirates
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 9780786706228
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Originally published in 1724, this instantaneous bestseller delivered a dramatic and detailed chronicle of robbery and murder on the high seas. The General History's vivid prose and graphic accounts not only were mainly responsible for the posthumous reputations of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, but also have inspired fictional pirates, from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island to Errol Flynn's movies.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 9780786706228
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Originally published in 1724, this instantaneous bestseller delivered a dramatic and detailed chronicle of robbery and murder on the high seas. The General History's vivid prose and graphic accounts not only were mainly responsible for the posthumous reputations of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, but also have inspired fictional pirates, from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island to Errol Flynn's movies.