People Getting Interested In Pirate History

Oct. 10, 2013 - PRLog -- According to some observations, a large number of people have acquired the interest in the pirate history. A number of books have come in the limelight in the past few years.

“A General History of the Pyrates”, the famous book authored by Daniel Defoe was the first book, which presented the account of a large number of pirates. The book was written in 1724 and is based on the real history of a plenty of pirates. Two female swashbucklers named Anne Bonny and Mary Read have also been depicted in this book.

In the modern times, a lot more research was done on the freebooters. Special books were written on most of the famous raiders such as Blackbeard, Mary Read and Anne Bonny etc. “Mary Read: Sailor, Soldier, Pirate” by Cherry Pugh is one of the renowned paperbacks of the modern books popular today. The book is based on the biography of Mary Read. In the book, Mary Read has been presented as narrator, which is why it appears that we are reading the autobiography of this female raider. Some other books available on the subject include “Anne Bonny – Tale of a Lady” by Robert Q. Hout, Anne Bonny and Mary Read: Fearsome Female Pirates of the Eighteenth Century” authored by Aileen Weintraub and more. Similarly, the biographies of the male pirates can also be found in the market like ”America’s Most Notorious Pirate: Black Beard” by Angus Konstam and more. Some of the books have also been written on the Eastern raiders such as “Pirates of the Far East: 811-1639”, which talks about the swashbucklers of China, Japan and Korea.

Moreover, the people can get the information from some of the websites about these raiders. The blog section of the famous clothing website http://www.tobeapirate.com is a perfect place on the web for this purpose. Moreover, the pirate clothing available at this site is also helpful in understanding the costume styles of the people. One can also buy the dresses from this website.