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Title: Pirates: The True and Surprising Story of the Pirates of the Caribbean

Author: Patrick Auerbach

Narrator: Steven Barnett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-22-16

Publisher: Brendan Gallagher

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. Those who engage in acts of piracy are called pirates.

The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and died out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with colonies in the Caribbean began combating pirates.

In the early 18th century, a number of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach and "Black Sam" Bellamy, joined forces. This infamous "Pirating Gang" was more than simply a thieving band of brothers. Many of its members had come to piracy as a revolt against conditions in the merchant fleet and in the cities and plantations in the Old and New Worlds.

Piracy flourished in the Caribbean because of the existence of pirate seaports such as Port Royal in Jamaica, Tortuga in Haiti, and Nassau in the Bahamas.

Inspired by notions of self-government, they established a crude but distinctive form of democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which indentured servants were released and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote.

Members Reviews:

Don't waste your money

Very dry statement of facts. Derivative. Seems to have done absolutely no honest research, merely quoting the work of everybody else and their dogs. Better pirate nonfiction books can be had elsewhere.

No action

I would have loved it if it was more lively. The narrator did a good job explaining, but it felt like a never ending lecture.