Parametry
- 434 stránek
- 16 hodin čtení
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Everybody knows the legend of Captain Kidd, America's most ruthless buccanneer. Few people realize that the facts of his life make for a much better tale. Kidd was actually a tough New York sea captain hired to chase pirates, a married war hero whose secret mission took a spectacularly bad turn.This harrowing tale traces Kidd's voyages in the 1690s from his home near Wall Street to Whitehall Palace in London, from the ports of the Caribbean to a secret pirate paradise off Madagascar. Author Richard Zacks, during his research, also unearthed the story of a long forgotten rogue named Robert Culliford, who dogged Kidd and led Kidd's crew to mutiny not once but twice. The lives of Kidd and Culliford play out like an unscripted one man would hang in the harbor, the other would walk away with the treasure. Filled with superb writing and impeccable research, The Pirate Hunter is both a masterpiece of historical detective work and a ripping good yarn, and it delivers something an authentic pirate story for grown-ups.
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The Pirate Hunter, Richard Zacks
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2003
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- Titul
- The Pirate Hunter
- Podtitul
- The True Story of Captain Kidd
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Richard Zacks
- Vydavatel
- Disney Publishing Group
- Rok vydání
- 2003
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 434
- ISBN10
- 0786884517
- ISBN13
- 9780786884513
- Série
- Štítky
- Naučná literatura, Historické téma, Skutečné příběhy, Životopisy, Dobrodružství, Autobiografie & Memoáry, Biografie, Piráti, Dobrodruhové, Kapitán Kid
- Hodnocení
- 3,85 z 5
- Anotace
- Everybody knows the legend of Captain Kidd, America's most ruthless buccanneer. Few people realize that the facts of his life make for a much better tale. Kidd was actually a tough New York sea captain hired to chase pirates, a married war hero whose secret mission took a spectacularly bad turn.This harrowing tale traces Kidd's voyages in the 1690s from his home near Wall Street to Whitehall Palace in London, from the ports of the Caribbean to a secret pirate paradise off Madagascar. Author Richard Zacks, during his research, also unearthed the story of a long forgotten rogue named Robert Culliford, who dogged Kidd and led Kidd's crew to mutiny not once but twice. The lives of Kidd and Culliford play out like an unscripted one man would hang in the harbor, the other would walk away with the treasure. Filled with superb writing and impeccable research, The Pirate Hunter is both a masterpiece of historical detective work and a ripping good yarn, and it delivers something an authentic pirate story for grown-ups.