Born to be hanged the epic story of the gentlemen pirates who raided the South Seas, rescued a princess, and stole a fortune
The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than three hundred daring, hardened pirates-a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers-gather on a remote Caribbean island. The plan: to wreak havoc on the Pacific coastline, raiding cities, mines,...
| Main Author: | Thomson, Keith, 1965- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Little, Brown and Company,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: The sacred hunger of gold. The princess
- The golden swordsman
- The gap
- Golden-cap
- The forlorn
- The second-largest city in the western hemisphere
- A natural pirate
- An easy canoe ride
- Castaways
- Surprizal
- The dragon
- The extreamest hazard of fire and sword
- Blood ran down the decks in whole streams
- Mutiny
- Part II: The South Seas. The muzzles of our guns
- Swallowed by the sea
- As valiant and courageous as any could be
- Snake-haired sisters
- The merry blades
- Water, water
- Ransom
- Eighty-five stout fellows
- Robinson Crusoe
- The very illustrious and royal city of Saint Mark of Arica
- The itch
- Part III: Straits. Expect to be shot to death
- The pyre
- Bloodletting
- A warm deck
- The horn
- Landfall
- The silver oar
- The sequel.