The Romance of Piracy
Edward Keble Chatterton
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The Library of Romance is a series of books concerning the romance of scientific facts, be it biology, chemistry, history, or politics. This volume is one of history, concerning an account of the known facts of piracy, starting with the Vikings, and arching in history and geography toward an account of piracy in Chinese waters at around the time of publication of this volume (1914). - Summary by Carolin (9 hr 44 min)
Chapters
The Earliest Pirates | 18:13 | Read by Dan Ficklin |
The North Sea Pirates | 15:59 | Read by Sonia |
Piracy in the Early Tudor Times | 17:12 | Read by Dan Ficklin |
The Corsairs of the South | 23:24 | Read by A. Bryan Johnson |
The Wasps at Work | 14:53 | Read by Dan Ficklin |
Galleys and Gallantry | 13:18 | Read by Dan Ficklin |
Piracy in Elizabethan Times | 14:03 | Read by Dan Ficklin |
Elizabethan Seamen and Turkish Pirates | 21:39 | Read by Devorah Allen |
The Stuart Army Goes forth against the 'Pyrats' | 29:00 | Read by Linda Johnson |
The Good Ship 'Exchange' of Bristol | 26:34 | Read by Linda Johnson |
A Wonderful Achievement | 22:02 | Read by Linda Johnson |
The Great Sir Henry Morgan | 29:18 | Read by Ciufi Galeazzi |
'Black Beard' Teach | 19:36 | Read by Ciufi Galeazzi |
The Story of Captain Kidd | 20:25 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
The Exploits of Captain Avery | 27:22 | Read by Joan Windle |
A 'Gentleman' of Fortune | 29:45 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
Paul Jones, Pirate and Privateer | 24:22 | Read by ToddHW |
A Notorious American Pirate | 13:29 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
The Last of the Algerine Corsairs | 12:57 | Read by A. Bryan Johnson |
Pirates of the Persian Gulf | 21:45 | Read by Kristine Bekere |
The Story of Aaron Smith | 23:26 | Read by Sarah Lorenowich |
Smith and the Pirate Schooner | 19:42 | Read by Sarah Lorenowich |
Plot and Counter-Plot | 23:32 | Read by Linda Johnson |
Chance and Circumstance | 21:53 | Read by Linda Johnson |
The Cruise of the 'Defensor de Pedro' | 26:47 | Read by Linda Johnson |
The Pirates of Borneo | 24:13 | Read by Linda Johnson |
Cruising among Chinese Pirates | 29:16 | Read by Linda Johnson |