{"product_id":"2940016096551","title":"The Pirates Own Book","description":"TABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE TO THIS EDITION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DANISH AND NORMAN PIRATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADVENTURES AND EXPLOITS OF CAPTAIN AVERY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHISTORY OF THE JOASSAMEE PIRATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKETCH OF THE JOASSAMEE CHIEF--RAHMAH-BEN-JABIR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIFE OF LAFITTE, THE PIRATE OF THE GULF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIFE OF CAPTAIN ROBERTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIFE OF CHARLES GIBBS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHISTORY AND EXECUTION OF THE SPANISH PIRATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIFE OF BENITO DE SOTO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ADVENTURES OF CAPT. ROBERT KIDD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBLOODY CAREER AND EXECUTION OF VINCENT BENAVIDES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIFE OF CAPTAIN DAVIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE MALAY PIRATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN CONDENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIFE OF CAPT. EDWARD LOW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CAPT. EDWARD ENGLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACCOUNT OF THE LYNN PIRATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHISTORY OF THE LADRONE PIRATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIFE OF CAPTAIN LEWIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIFE, CAREER, AND DEATH OF CAPT. THOMAS WHITE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIFE, ATROCITIES, AND BLOODY DEATH OF BLACK BEARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEXPLOITS, ARREST, AND EXECUTION OF CAPT. CHARLES VANE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE WEST INDIA PIRATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADVENTURES AND EXECUTION OF CAPT. JOHN RACKAM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIFE AND EXPLOITS OF ANNE BONNEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADVENTURES AND HEROISM OF MARY READ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHISTORY OF THE ALGERINE PIRATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eADVENTURES, TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF CAPTAIN GOW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PIRATE'S SONG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DANISH AND NORMAN PIRATES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Saxons, a people supposed to be derived from the Cimbri, uniting the\u003cbr\u003eoccupations of fishing and piracy, commenced at an early period their\u003cbr\u003eravages in the German Ocean; and the shores of Gaul and Britain were for\u003cbr\u003eages open to their depredations. About the middle of the fifth century,\u003cbr\u003ethe unwarlike Vortigern, then king of Britain, embraced the fatal\u003cbr\u003eresolution of requesting these hardy warriors to deliver him from the\u003cbr\u003eharassing inroads of the Picts and Scots; and the expedition of Hengist\u003cbr\u003eand Horsa was the consequence. Our mention of this memorable epoch is\u003cbr\u003enot for its political importance, great as that is, but for its effects\u003cbr\u003eon piracy; for the success attending such enterprises seems to have\u003cbr\u003eturned the whole of the northern nations towards sea warfare. The Danes,\u003cbr\u003eNorwegians, and Swedes, from their superior knowledge of navigation,\u003cbr\u003egave into it most; and on whatever coast the winds carried them, they\u003cbr\u003emade free with all that came in their way. Canute the Fourth endeavored\u003cbr\u003ein vain to repress these lawless disorders among his subjects; but they\u003cbr\u003efelt so galled by his restrictions, that they assassinated him. On the\u003cbr\u003eking of Sweden being taken by the Danes, permission was given to such of\u003cbr\u003ehis subjects as chose, to arm themselves against the enemy, pillage his\u003cbr\u003epossessions, and sell their prizes at Ribnitz and Golnitz. This proved a\u003cbr\u003efertile nursery of pirates, who became so formidable under the name of\u003cbr\u003e\"Victalien Broders,\" that several princes were obliged to arm against\u003cbr\u003ethem, and hang some of their chiefs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven the females of the North caught the epidemic spirit, and proudly\u003cbr\u003ebetook themselves to the dangers of sea-life. Saxo-Grammaticus relates\u003cbr\u003ean interesting story of one of them. Alwilda, the daughter of Synardus,\u003cbr\u003ea Gothic king, to deliver herself from the violence imposed on her\u003cbr\u003einclination, by a marriage with Alf, the son of Sygarus, king of\u003cbr\u003eDenmark, embraced the life of a rover; and attired as a man, she\u003cbr\u003eembarked in a vessel of which the crew was composed of other young women\u003cbr\u003eof tried courage, dressed in the same manner. Among the first of her\u003cbr\u003ecruises, she landed at a place where a company of pirates were bewailing\u003cbr\u003ethe loss of their commander; and the strangers were so captivated with\u003cbr\u003ethe air and agreeable manners of Alwilda, that they unanimously chose\u003cbr\u003eher for their leader. By this reinforcement she became so formidable,\u003cbr\u003ethat Prince Alf was despatched to engage her. She sustained his attacks\u003cbr\u003ewith great courage and talent; but during a severe action in the gulf of\u003cbr\u003eFinland, Alf boarded her vessel, and having killed the greatest part of\u003cbr\u003eher crew, seized the captain, namely herself; whom nevertheless he knew\u003cbr\u003enot, because she had a casque which covered her visage. The prince was\u003cbr\u003eagreeably surprised, on removing the helmet, to recognize his beloved\u003cbr\u003eAlwilda; and it seems that his valor had now recommended him to the fair\u003cbr\u003eprincess, for he persuaded her to accept his hand, married her on board,\u003cbr\u003eand then led her to partake of his wealth, and share his throne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlemagne, though represented as naturally generous and humane, had\u003cbr\u003ebeen induced, in his extravagant zeal for the propagation of those\u003cbr\u003etenets which he had himself adopted, to enforce them throughout Germany\u003cbr\u003eat the point of the sword; and his murders and decimations on that\u003cbr\u003eaccount disgrace humanity.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146446061808,"sku":"2940016096551","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016096551","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}