🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy

Swashbuckling tales and histories set in the early eighteenth century, when pirates carved out anarchic kingdoms on the open sea. Readers come for the salt air, the black flags, and the radical freedom of outlaws.

The Republic of Pirates

by Colin Woodard • 2007

Sailors broken by the navy built their own republic: democratic, armed, and flying the black flag.

3.89

12k+

⚓ Maritime History 🏝️ Caribbean History 🌍 Atlantic World ⛵ Age Of Sail 📜 Social History

The Republic of Pirates

Sailors broken by the navy built their own republic: democratic, armed, and flying the black flag.

by Colin Woodard 2007

3.89

12k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🏝️ Caribbean History 🌍 Atlantic World ⛵ Age Of Sail 📜 Social History

Under the Black Flag

by David Cordingly • 1995

Real pirates raped, tortured, and died at the gallows. How fiction gave us the romance.

3.67

10k+

⚓ Maritime History 🚢 Naval History 🔍 Debunking Myths 🗺️ Pirate Lore ⛵ Age Of Sail

Under the Black Flag

Real pirates raped, tortured, and died at the gallows. How fiction gave us the romance.

by David Cordingly 1995

3.67

10k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🚢 Naval History 🔍 Debunking Myths 🗺️ Pirate Lore ⛵ Age Of Sail

Blackbeard

by Angus Konstam • 2006

Blackbeard blockaded a city for medicine, then sank his flagship to cheat his crew.

3.55

445

🏛️ Colonial America ⚓ Privateering ⚔️ Naval Combat 🚢 Shipwrecks 💀 Infamous Outlaws

Blackbeard

Blackbeard blockaded a city for medicine, then sank his flagship to cheat his crew.

by Angus Konstam 2006

3.55

445 ratings

🏛️ Colonial America ⚓ Privateering ⚔️ Naval Combat 🚢 Shipwrecks 💀 Infamous Outlaws

Why We Love Pirates

by Rebecca Simon • 2020

How the execution of one privateer turned pirate created the outlaw myth we still sail with.

3.67

340

⚓ Maritime History 🌎 Colonial America 🖨️ Print Culture ⚰️ Execution Spectacle 🦹 Social Banditry

Why We Love Pirates

How the execution of one privateer turned pirate created the outlaw myth we still sail with.

by Rebecca Simon 2020

3.67

340 ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🌎 Colonial America 🖨️ Print Culture ⚰️ Execution Spectacle 🦹 Social Banditry

King of Libertines

by Pam Godwin • 2020

To unlock her father's compass, a pirate captain bargains with a libertine and risks her heart.

3.83

3k+

🏴‍☠️ Female Pirate Captain ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Transactional Romance 🖤 Rakish Hero 🌑 Dark Sensuality

King of Libertines

To unlock her father's compass, a pirate captain bargains with a libertine and risks her heart.

by Pam Godwin 2020

3.83

3k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Female Pirate Captain ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Transactional Romance 🖤 Rakish Hero 🌑 Dark Sensuality

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