Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates |
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| Author:
| Ritchie, Robert C. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-09502-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1989 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $63.95 |
Book Description:
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Ritchie demonstrates that even dashing scoundrels were slaves to economics in this lively history of piracy. He focuses on the shadowy figure of William Kidd, whose career in the late 17th century swept him from the Caribbean to New York, to London, to the Indian Ocean before he ended in Newgate prison and on the gallows.
Ritchie demonstrates that even dashing scoundrels were slaves to economics in this lively history of piracy. He focuses on the shadowy figure of William Kidd, whose career in the late 17th century swept him from the Caribbean to New York, to London, to the Indian Ocean before he ended in Newgate prison and on the gallows.