Introduction /Chronology /Recruitment /Skills /Appearance /Conditions on board /The Pirate in combat /Plunder /A Pirate’s life /Fate /Collecting/Museums/Re-enactment /Bibliography /Glossary /Index
An examination of the life and warfare of the typical pirate during the hey day of piracy.
Angus Konstam hails from the Orkney Islands, and is the author
of over 50 books, 30 of which are published by Osprey. This
acclaimed and widely published author has written several books on
piracy, including The History of Pirates and Blackbeard: America's
Most Notorious Pirate. A former naval officer and museum
professional, he worked as the Curator of Weapons at the Tower of
London and as the Chief Curator of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum
in Key West, Florida. He now works as a full-time author and
historian, and lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. David Rickman is a
freelance scholar and illustrator who loves to reconstruct the
worlds of the past. He has illustrated nine Osprey titles, four of
them for Angus Konstam. His other clients include American national
and state parks, museums and historic sites, as well as publishers
in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Spain. For 17 years
David was in charge of exhibits for Delaware State Parks, where his
favorite project was to furnish an American Civil War island
fortress. He now lives in Wilmington, very close to the former
studio of Howard Pyle, the inventor of the “pirate look,” and near
to the Delaware Art Museum, home to Pyle’s best pirate
paintings.
Giuseppe Rava was born in Faenza in 1963, and took an interest in
all things military from an early age. Entirely self-taught,
Giuseppe has established himself as a leading military history
artist, and is inspired by the works of the great military artists,
such as Detaille, Meissonier, Rochling, Lady Butler, Ottenfeld and
Angus McBride. He lives and works in Italy. www.g-rava.it
"...Konstam and Rickman provide a marvelous and detailed assessment through explanation supported by period and first-hand examples about one decade rife with pirates. The rogues, themselves, would find this a treasure worth hoarding." --Cindy Vallar, Pirates and Privateers
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