David Cordingly

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1.		Treasure Island (Modern Library Classics) from Modern Library Price: $8.00 Customer Review: TREASURE ISLAND is quite simply *the* classic pirate story. It is a supremely enjoyable read, an adventure tale with danger, mystery, suspense, and travel to exotic places--not to mention pirates! Robert Louis Stevenson's TREASURE ISLAND tells of the coming of age of the boy Jim Hawkins, the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander from Bloomsbury USA Price: $12.24 Customer Review: Amazon.com has many comments already which praise the quality of this history of Cochrane. I thought it was good, also, and was impressed by how hard the author tried to present different viewpoints of some controversial circumstances in his life. I don't think I need to add anything to what has... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates from Random House Trade Paperbacks Price: $10.20 Customer Review: Pirates from the heyday of piracy, from the 16th to the early 18th century, were driven to it by many forces. Some were poor saps taken prisoner by pirates and forced to join. Some fled the brutality of the English navy or its merchant fleet. Some had been free woodcutters or herdsman in the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		The History of Pirates from The Lyons Press Customer Review: The History of Pirates is a great book on pirates! A must have for all pirate buffs!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives from Random House Trade Paperbacks Price: $14.65 Customer Review: Great overview of the men that once made their living on the sea and the women that supported them. These women were all important be they; dockside tavern owners, a captains wife, prostitutes or even women pirates. In some places it tries to paint a chronological view but after a few chapters it... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		The Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon from Bloomsbury USA Price: $11.53 Customer Review: The Bellerophon -- or Billy Ruffian to Jack Tar, who wasn't familiar with Greek mythology -- is, or at least used to be, a familiar ship to English schoolchildren, because it was the ship that collected Napoleon on his final failure and used to be regularly illustrated in textbooks. In David... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		Pirates - Predators of the Seas: An Illustrated History from Skyhorse Publishing Price: $19.77 Customer Review: Pirates - Predators of the Seas: An Illustrated History is a great pirate book! Lots of history in this book! A must for all pirate buff libraries!	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates from The Lyons Press Price: $15.56 Customer Review: A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates is a great book with lots of historical data and lots of tales. A must for all pirate buff's!	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.	[no image]	Marine Art of Geoff Hunt from Mystic Seaport Price: $30.36 Customer Review: Anyone who enjoys marine art will really appreciate this book, not just for the great work by Geoff Hunt, but for the insights into his work. One of the most fascinating tidbits was his attention to the detail of the actual angle of the sun on the sails in the picture "Victory races Temeraire" at... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.		UNDER THE BLACK FLAG; The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates from Harvest House Publishers Customer Review: "Under the Black Flag" is a real pirate's treasure. For all those who want to know what was "real" and what "romance", here's your book. Mr. Cordingly has performed a deep research on the subject and presents it in a very readable and interesting form. He has taken diaries, contemporary... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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