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Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Black Sam Bellamy...the very names conjure up hair-raising images of razor-sharp cutlasses, buried treasure, the skull and crossbones, and walking the plank. Containing biographies of legendary buccaneers plus details on their weapons, codes of conduct, and punishments, this lavishly illustrated book beautifully captures the swashbuckling world of pirates and paints a compelling portrait of life at sea in a bygone era.
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John Matthews is the author of numerous books and wrote the highly successful King Arthur and Rogues Gallery, the companion volume to Pirates, all for Carlton Books. He has a long-held fascination for the subject of pirates and has a good working relationship with Jerry Bruckheimer and the team who made the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
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The dark, jacketless cover of Matthews' Pirates, one of the most striking covers in recent memory, features a mottled-white skull with a gleaming gold tooth, a patch over one eye socket, and, in the other, a red "jewel" imbedded in the hardcover boards. A browser's delight, this introduction to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century pirates in the Caribbean, printed on extra-heavy stock, offers plenty of information in a colorfully illustrated, highly accessible format. Nearly every double-page spread has a special feature: a facsimile of a document or playing cards to be slipped out of envelopes, fold-out pages, small books glued onto large pages. But even should some of these less-permanent extras abandon ship, there's still plenty to interest pirate fans, from the "Pirate Gallery" of short biographies to the detailed illustration of the vessel Queen Anne's Revenge, its parts carefully labeled. A time line, a glossary, and short lists of source books and recommended Web sites round out the presentation. Carolyn Phelan
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- PublisherCarlton Books
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1847323200
- ISBN 13 9781847323200
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages32
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