Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders 0300180748, 9780300180749

A global account of pirates and theirmodus operandifrom the middle ages to the present day In the twenty-first century

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Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders
0300180748, 9780300180749

A global account of pirates and their modus operandi from the middle ages to the present day

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The world of the Vikings is larger than life, filled with sagas of warriors who made fighting a career, but there’s a lo

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The world of the Vikings is larger than life, filled with sagas of warriors who made fighting a career, but there’s a lo

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The year 1066: a battlefield in England, a mighty king lies prone on the ground, his lifeblood ebbing out of him. As he

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This Dover edition, first published in 2004, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1930 by

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Piracy is a significant global threat to international sea-borne trade - the life-blood of modern industrial economies a

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"Lars Brownworth's The Normans is like a gallop through the Middle Ages on a fast warhorse. It is rare to find

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A multifaceted inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the implosion and consequent breakdown of the state and societ

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*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The

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A rollicking, in-depth look at the bloody world of pirates. Konstam sails through the brutal history of piracy, separati

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