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The Mammoth Book of Pirates

Name: The Mammoth Book of Pirates
Price: 3.99 EUR
Author: Jon E. Lewis
ISBN: 9781780332710

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Jon E. Lewis

Robinson
Paru le : 03/08/2011

A rollicking tour of the history of the high seas with Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, 'Calico Jack' Rackham, Anne Bonney and other figures of maritime legend.... > Lire la suite

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A rollicking tour of the history of the high seas with Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, 'Calico Jack' Rackham, Anne Bonney and other figures of maritime legend. Includes Francis 'The Scourge of Spain' Drake's audacious night-time treasure raid on Nombre de Dios; Alexander Exquemelin's fly-on-the-wall account of the 'wicked order of pirates, or robbers of the sea'; the journal of William Dampier, found stashed in a hollow bamboo tube, and much more.
Witness skulduggery and malice, terror and excitement -- a colourful and always entertaining collection.

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Date de parution : 03/08/2011
Editeur : Robinson
Collection : Mammoth Books
ISBN : 978-1-78033-271-0
EAN : 9781780332710
Format : ePub

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Biographie de Jon E. Lewis

JON E. LEWIS is an historian and author of numerous bestselling books on history and military history, including Voices from D-Day, Voices from the Holocaust, The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War and A Brief History of the First World War. He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in history and his work has appeared in New Statesman, the Independent, Time Out and the Guardian. He lives in Herefordshire. JON E.
LEWIS is an historian and author of numerous bestselling books on history and military history, including Voices from D-Day, Voices from the Holocaust, The Mammoth Book of the Vietnam War and A Brief History of the First World War. He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in history and his work has appeared in New Statesman, the Independent, Time Out and the Guardian. He lives in Herefordshire.