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Atlantic Piracy in the Early Nineteenth Century - The Shocking Story of the Pirates and the Survivors of the Morning Star (Hardcover)
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Atlantic Piracy in the Early Nineteenth Century - The Shocking Story of the Pirates and the Survivors of the Morning Star (Hardcover)
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Skilfully uses this notorious episode to illuminate the nature and
extent of piracy in the period. The pirate attack on the British
brig Morning Star, en route from Ceylon to London, near Ascension
Island in 1828 was one of the most shocking episodes of piracy in
the nineteenth century. Although the captain and many members of
the crew were murdered by the pirates led by the notorious Benito
de Soto, some survived, escaped and sailed the ship back to
Britain. This book, based on extensive original research in
Britain, Spain and Brazil, retells the story of the Morning Star,
provides much new detail and corrects errors present in the many
contemporary accounts of the attack. It sets the attack in the
wider context of piracy in the period, and discusses many issues
which the episode highlights: how pirates' careers began and
developed; how they were pursued and tried, often with difficulty;
what became of their treasure; how stories of the attack and of the
survivors were sensationalised; how the women passengers on the
ship endured their ordeal at the hands of the pirates and then,
back in Britain, had to endure potential loss of their reputations.
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