About the Author

David Cordingly was, for many years, the curator and head of exhibitions at the famed National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. He has written several acclaimed books on the subject of pirates, including, most recently, Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates. He lives by the sea in Brighton, England.

Reviews

"Thrilling...so alive you can smell the cordite of the guns and hear the splintering of mighty masts and spars."

"A masterly account that says as much, if not more, about the historical context as about the subject itself."