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Blackbeard
Craig Cabell
Graham A. Thomas
Allan Richards
其他書名
The Hunt for the World's Most Notorious Pirate
出版
Casemate Publishers
, 2013-01-19
主題
Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History
History / Military / Naval
ISBN
1783469145
9781783469147
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cgbMDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Edward Teach Blackbeard-is one of the legends of the so-called golden age of piracy. There have been so many accounts of his short, bloody career that it is hard to see him and his times in a clear historical light. This new study looks for the man behind the legend, and it gives a vivid insight into the nature of piracy and the naval operations that were launched against it.The narrative focuses on the roles played by the Governor of Virginia Alexander Spotswood who masterminded the pursuit of Blackbeard, and Lieutenant Robert Maynard of HMS Pearl who led the pursuit and finally cornered Teach and his crew and, after a vicious fight, saw him killed.In vivid detail, it reveals how the hunt for Blackbeard was orchestrated, how he was tracked down, and the parts played in the drama by the larger-than-life leading characters in this extraordinary story. This freshly researched study of the pursuit of the notorious pirate and his crew—and of the final fight in which Blackbeard lost his life—makes compelling reading.