Blood and Silver - Piracy in the Americas, 1500-1750

In this study of piracy, Kris Lane looks at the often mixed motives behind the phenomenon and the lives of those involved. Rejecting the romantic myth of the Elizabethan swashbuckler, he reveals a world of violence, hardship and fanaticism, in which self-enrichment was the obsession.

Summary

In this study of piracy, Kris Lane looks at the often mixed motives behind the phenomenon and the lives of those involved. Rejecting the romantic myth of the Elizabethan swashbuckler, he reveals a world of violence, hardship and fanaticism, in which self-enrichment was the obsession.

Product details

• Authors: Kris E. Lane
• Publisher: Signal Books Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781902669014
• ISBN: 978-1-902669-01-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 214 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 388 g
• Illustrations: maps, line drawings, glossar, chronology, index, appendices
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology