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The Republic of Pirates

Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

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The untold story of a heroic band of Caribbean pirates whose defiance of imperial rule inspired revolt in colonial outposts across the world.

In the early 18th century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Blackbeard, "Black Sam" Bellamy, and Charles Vane. Along with their fellow pirates - former sailors, indentured servants, and runaway slaves - this "Flying Gang" established a crude but distinctive democracy in the Bahamas, carving out their own zone of freedom in which servants were free, Blacks could be equal citizens, and leaders were chosen or deposed by a vote. They cut off trade routes, sacked slave ships, and severed Europe from its New World empires. And for a brief, glorious period, the Republic was a success.

©2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc. (P)2015 Blackstone Audiobooks 18th Century Americas Caribbean & West Indies Modern True Crime Pirate Caribbean Latin American British Empire Military Imperialism Royal Navy United Kingdom Africa Biography Political Fiction
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I looked for a book like this because I'm an AC4 fan, this dramatised history book is enjoyable to listen to and confirms a lot of characters, events from AC4 (obviously not all events and characters) but the parallels are nice and I enjoyed this book as a result.

American narrator was OKAY, but a little dry at times. Lots of English, Spanish and French names get butchered but it's understandable.

AC4 fan looking for some confirmation?

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Brilliantly writen and read, with some truly exciting and often hilarious tales of piracy and the people behind it all.

Spectacular!

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This book covers a lot of pirating, I have to say I enjoyed it, the way it t was back in those days was crazy, great account of what it must have been like.

Brilliant

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both very dense and very thin on detail. it almost requires a supplementary reading and following up of all of the characters mentioned. I did really enjoy this but seriously the delivery the narrator does on the word pirate is infuriating

the pronunciation of pirate is insanity inducing

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The first audiobook I'm actually listening for a 2nd time. It's probably the most gripping documentary there is, reads (or listens) like a novel. I liked the narrator, clear and good voice. The author is describing separate stories (which occasionally combine) chronologically, which gives you a much better perspective of all the events that were going on at each time period. I will probably be listening a third time in the future!

Excellent, reads like a novel.

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