Black Flag of the North: Bartholomew Roberts, King of the Atlantic Pirates
Adventurers and explorers, Law and crime biography, History
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
The incredible story of the King of the Pirates who burst from the waters of early Canada to become a terror of the seas He was tall dark and… handsome he wore fine velvets and lace and in four tumultuous years he tore the guts out of the Atlantic Bartholomew Roberts took over four hundred ships and rarely lost a fight at sea in his short spectacular reign Black Flag of the North tells the story of Roberts s dramatic life from his boyhood in rural South Wales through his days at sea in the slave trade He set the Atlantic aflame from the Grand Banks to Brazil and by blood and fire won his reputation as the fearless and feared king of the pirates