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Synopsis
David Cordingly combed original documents and records to produce this authoritative account of piracy's "Golden Age." "Under the Black Flag" explodes many myths and replaces them with a truth that is more complex, and often bloodier, than fiction.
| Size | | Length: | 296 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 23.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"The most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read."
Publisher's catalogue - Patrick O'Brian
"Cordingly...has done his research with daunting thoroughness, as a result of which he probably knows more about pirates than anyone else alive. What he has written in 'Under the Black Flag', though, is no pedant's accumulation of archival trivia but a witty, spirited account that is aimed at the serious general reader. It is an exercise in what used to be called 'popular history' and a reminder of just how informative and valuable that much-maligned (by professional historians) genre actually can be."
Washington Post Book World - Jonathan Yardley (09/15/1996)
"One of the most striking features of David Cordingly's vivid account of the glory days of buccaneers is how blurry the line between piracy and patriotism often was....'Under Two Flags' does a good job of putting the pirates in the context of a world that was still more medieval than modern."
Civilization - Adam Goodheart
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