In a page-turning tale brimming with adventure, author Richard Sanders tells of the remarkable exploits of Bartholomew Roberts (better known as Black Bart), the greatest of the Caribbean pirates.
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Based on historical records, journals and letters from Pirates under Roberts\' command, and on writings by Roberts himself, If a Pirate I Must Be...
Yet with a fierce team of Royal Navy Pirate hunters tracKing his every move, Roberts\' heyday would prove a brief one, and with his capture, the Golden Age of Pirates would pass into the lore and legend of books and movies.
They were highly (if surreptitiously) popular with many merchants, with whom they struck incredibly lucrative deals.
Sanders brings to life a fascinating world of theater and ritual, where men (a third of whom were black) lived a close-knit, egalitarian life, democratically electing their officers and sharing their spoils.
Before long, his combination of audaciousness and cunning won him fame and fortune from the fisheries of Newfoundland to the slave ports of West Africa.
Born in a rural town, Roberts rose from third mate on a slave ship to Pirate captain in a matter of months.
Black Bart. , Richard Sanders tells the larger-than-life Story of Bartholomew Roberts, a.k.a.
In If a Pirate I Must Be...
And during the course of his extraordinary two-and-a-half-year career as a Pirate captain, he captured four hundred prizes and brought trade in the eastern Caribbean to a standstill.
He never made his prisoners walk the plank, instead inviting them into his cabin for a friendly chat.
He banned women and gambling on his ships.
He drank tea instead of rum.
In a page-turning tale brimming with adventure, author Richard Sanders tells of the remarkable exploits of Bartholomew Roberts (better known as Black Bart), the greatest of the Caribbean pirates
