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Buy a general history of the pyrates by daniel defoe isbn. Despite varying titles, these are essentially the same book. Is there anyone here who actually owns a copy of this that. Three stars, because while it is very informative, the language is very old and oldtimey book, but i knew that. Published in 1724, defoes chronicle of the scourges of the sea was a smashing success, finding a wide audience eager for tales of those. The pyrates offers fabulous characters, wonderful descriptions, and a very funny style. The pyrates is all the swashbucklers that ever were, rolled into one great technicoloured pantomime tall ships and desert islands, impossibly gallant adventurers and glamorous heroines, buried treasure and black spots, devilish dons and ghastly dungeons, plots, duels, escapes, savage rituals, tender romance and steaming passion, all to the.
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