The pirate king : the strange adventures of Henry Avery and the birth of the golden age of piracy
Kingsley, Sean2024
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Henry Avery of Devon pillaged a fortune from a Mughal ship off the coast of India and then vanished into thin air - and into legend. More ballads, plays, biographies and books were written about Avery's adventures than any other pirate. His contemporaries crowned him 'the pirate king' for pulling off the richest heist in pirate history and escaping with his head intact. Avery was now the most wanted criminal on earth. To the authorities, Avery was the enemy of all mankind. To the people he was a hero. Rumours swirled about his disappearance. What happened to the notorious Avery has been pirate history's most baffling cold case for centuries. Now, in a remote archive, a coded letter written by 'Avery the Pirate' himself, years after he disappeared, reveals a stunning truth. In this book, Sean Kingsley and Rex Cowan tie Avery to the shadowy lives of two other icons of the early 18th century.
Main title:
The pirate king : the strange adventures of Henry Avery and the birth of the golden age of piracy / Sean Kingsley, Rex Cowan.
Author:
Kingsley, Sean, authorCowan, Rex, author
Imprint:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2024.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781639365951 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
364.164092364.164
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2689691
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Hill Library | Adult non-fiction | 364.164True Crime | Available |