The Pirate Hunter cover art

The Pirate Hunter

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Pirate Hunter

By: Richard Zacks
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £18.72

Buy Now for £18.72

About this listen

 Captain Kidd has gone down in history as America's most ruthless buccaneer. However, Captain William Kidd was no career cut-throat; he was a tough, successful New York sea captain who was hired to chase pirates. His three year odyssey pitted him against arrogant Royal Navy commanders, jealous East India Company captains, storms, starvation, angry natives, and above all, flesh-and-blood pirates. Across the oceans of the world, the pirate hunter, Kidd, pursued the pirate, Culliford. One man would hang in the harbor; the other would walk away with the treasure. The Pirate Hunter is both a masterpiece of historical detective work and a page-turner.©2002 Richard Zacks (P)2003 Tantor Media, Inc. 17th Century Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Americas Armed Forces Colonial Period Europe Great Britain Historical Military Military & War Modern Naval Forces United States World Pirate War British Empire England Royal Navy Imperialism Suspenseful Africa United Kingdom

Critic reviews

"Entertaining, richly detailed, and authoritatively narrated, Zacks's account of the life of legendary seaman William Kidd delivers a first-rate story....Zacks' book is a treasure, indeed." ( Publishers Weeekly)
"Zacks fills our minds with the sights, sounds, and even the smells of the seventeenth century, and he rescues William Kidd from eternal damnation. A lively, educational, thoroughly spellbinding trip back in time." ( Booklist)
"Enthralling....rich and riotous." ( Time)
All stars
Most relevant
This is one book where I wholeheartedly agree with the positive reviews listed in the 'Critics Reviews' section above. It is thoroughly entertaining and informative and reads like a fantastic novel for the sheer adventure, twists and turns, violence, double-crossing and breadth of interesting characters throughout it. It is excellently narrated and I found myself wanting more after the 18 and a half hours. Highly recommended.

Outstanding

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great book , factual and most enjoyable , and read beautifully, the connection with East Looe was greatly , being as I live only few miles away.

Brilliant !

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Visit the world of the real pirates of the Caribbean (and beyond) and get a salty taste of seventeenth century society and grim aspects of justice. The real thing is even more fascinating and intriguing than the fiction.

The Pirate Hunter

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Was left wanting to read / listen to more books about pirates and who what and why pirates had a code of ethical principles that no one transgressed and how and why they they became so feared by every others nation . If you only read one other book on pirates please cast and ear overs this book loved it . I had oftentimes thought that pirates were an undisciplined rabble who were easy pray for our British Royal Navy (the good guys) 😾🤡🇬🇧🤣😱😳😤🫥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇯🇪

Story 5 star, narrator 5 Stars excellent loved listening to this book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Gave me a real sense of how a powerless man could be ground up by a cruel and unjust legal system.

Well composed research

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.