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The pirate king : the strange adventures of Henry Avery and the birth of the Golden Age of Piracy / Sean Kingsley and Rex Cowan.
'The Pirate King' is the incredible story of Henry Avery, or the Robin Hood of the Seas, who absconded with millions during the Golden Age of Piracy and who harbored an even greater secret. Sean Kingsley and Rex Cowan brilliantly tie Avery to the shadowy lives of two other icons of the early 18th century, including Daniel Defoe, the world-famous novelist and - as few people know - a deep-cover spy with more than 100 pseudonyms, and Archbishop Thomas Tenison, a Protestant with a hatred of Catholic France.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781639365951 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xix, 265 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2024.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Avery, John, active 1695. Espionage > Great Britain. Piracy > Economic aspects. Pirates > Great Britain > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Personal narratives. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 910.45 Kin | 31681010367241 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Taking readers on a thrilling high-seas adventure through the Golden Age of Piracy, this untold story of Henry Avery of Devon, crowned âthe pirate kingâ for pulling off the richest heist in pirate history, brilliantly reveals his exploits, his survival and his secret double life. Illustrations. - Simon and Schuster
The incredible story of the âRobin Hood of the Seas,â who absconded with millions during the Golden Age of Piracy and who harbored an even greater secret.
Henry Avery of Devon pillaged a fortune from a Mughal ship off the coast of India and then vanished into thin airâand into legend. More ballads, plays, biographies and books were written about Averyâs adventures than any other pirate. His contemporaries crowned him "the pirate king" for pulling off the richest heist in pirate history and escaping with his head intact (unlike Blackbeard and his infamous Flying Gang). Avery was now the most wanted criminal on earth. To the authorities, Avery was the enemy of all mankind. To the people he was a hero. Rumors swirled about his disappearance. The only certainty is that Henry Avery became a ghost.
What happened to the notorious Avery has been pirate historyâs most baffling cold case for centuries. Now, in a remote archive, a coded letter written by "Avery the Pirate" himself, years after he disappeared, reveals a stunning truth. He was a pirate that came in from the cold . . .
In The Pirate King, Sean Kingsley and Rex Cowan brilliantly tie Avery to the shadowy lives of two other icons of the early 18th century, including Daniel Defoe, the world-famous novelist andâas few people knowâa deep-cover spy with more than a hundred pseudonyms, and Archbishop Thomas Tenison, a Protestant with a hatred of Catholic France.
Sean Kingsley and Rex Cowan's The Pirate King brilliantly reveals the untold epic story of Henry Avery in all it's colorful gloryâhis exploits, his survival, his secret double life, and how he inspired the golden age of piracy.
