I’m not done with it yet, but of course I know he dies (if he didn’t, he’s 357 years old after all).
Very enjoyable book with lots of pirate and privateer info. I didn’t really even have that much of an interest in pirates before but the author’s other books were so interesting I thought I’d try it.
Poor Captain Kidd…
I got the book from my local library. It stunk.
Seriously, the last patron who took it out must have a weakness for cheap rum-soaked cheroots. The smell left in the pages nauseated me and I could not finish two chapters.
I will have to search for a clean copy.
I’ve been wanting to read about Pirates. Does anyone know of any other good pirate books?
Fiction or non?
Non-fiction. Zacks makes (so far) a strong case that Kidd wasn’t a pirate at all and was unjustly hung out to dry (literally) by those in power.
I would give this book a good chance of being made into a serious movie since it has themes of government corruption, profit/greed, race, class, and a little sex (the part about neighbors could hear William and Sarah celebrating their marriage night a block away).
All that and a tragic ending.
Non fiction. I want to read about what it was really like to be a pirate. So how I don’t think the ride at Disneyland captures it just right.
I’m reading it right now. I’ve always had an interest in all things nautical (age of sail).
Good, non-sensational books about pirating are hard to find. I had this great short book about pirates I bought at the national park at Nag’s Head when I was a kid.
Time books had an age of sail series that had a non-romantic volume about pirates too, but I was around 12 when I read it, so it probably isn’t has good as I remember it.